SATURDAY 20TH SEPTEMBER
KINGS SQUARE 11:00 – 15:00
Time for you to find out more about the different opportunities in the city! If you’re 14-19 (or older) come, enjoy a free event, try a spot of golf, listen to artists from The Music Works, speak to different communities and ReFresh on what you know about Gloucester.
REFRESH AND ENGAGE
Join us and learn more about your city. It’s offerings and opportunities. Get involved!
FREE CRAZY GOLF
Enjoy a 9-hole crazy golf session – FREE to take part running 11:00 – 15:00 in Kings Square.
DOVES OF PEACE
Make a Dove of Peace as part of large art installation in the city centre – funded by Together Gloucester.
FREE FOOD
Delicious offering from The Nest – a social enterprise kitchen in Gloucester city centre –
Can You Crack the Code
Visit various stalls at ReFresh – collect a code – try it on the safe – see if you win! Sweet prizes to be won!
Delivering hands-on courses, building confidence, unlocking potential and creating brighter futures.
Yes, the latest edition to the former Debenhams – Gloucester Library. Come and find out more about what a library can do for you!
START AND GROW ENTERPRISE
Find out about the Start and Grow Enterprise (SAGE). Grow your own business idea.
THE MUSIC WORKS
Listen and enjoy local artists from the award-winning The Music Works, in the square.
GLOS STUDENT UNIONS
Come join us at the UoGSU x HartpurySU stall and add your voice to our Community Tree! 🌳
Community members can share what they think students bring to Gloucester, while students can write what they what they’d like to see more of in teh city and what the enjoy about it!
Together we’ll grow a tree full of ideas, positivity, and connections!
LINE UP
All the above plus:
Active Gloucestershire – Blackbridge Community and Sports Hub – The Folk of Gloucester – Gloucestershire Police – Gloucester Civic Trust – Gloucester District Girl Guiding – Gloucestershire PRIDE – Let’s Talk Well – NightStop – RollerXpress – Unitemps – We Want You (NHS) – Young Gloucestershire –
AND YOU!
GLOUCESTER OPPORTUNITIES BOARD
Marks and Spencer
Look for employment opportunities on our website
Greggs
Look for employment opportunities on our website
McDonald's
Look for employment opportunities on our website
Louisa Phoenix
Bridge Training Ltd
Louisa Phoenix is a fully qualified Careers Adviser and Careers Leader with over 20 years of experience working with teenagers in Gloucester. Throughout her career in education, she has been dedicated to supporting young people in navigating their career paths and personal development.
In her role at Bridge Training Ltd, Louisa frequently engages with young people about their interests and activities outside of formal education. She firmly believes that while academic achievement is important, the experiences and opportunities young people pursue in their spare time play a vital role in building the skills and confidence needed for success in all areas of life.
In recent years—particularly in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic—Louisa has observed a decline in youth participation in extracurricular activities. Increasingly, young people speak in the past tense about hobbies they once enjoyed, such as sports or creative pursuits, often expressing uncertainty about how to reconnect with those interests.
In response to this issue, Louisa came up with the idea for ReFresh—an initiative designed to re-engage young people with the wealth of opportunities available to them in Gloucester. ReFresh aims to challenge the notion that “there’s nothing to do in Gloucester” by highlighting the many free or low-cost activities and organisations that exist to support and inspire young people.
Through ReFresh, Louisa hopes to empower young people to rediscover their passions, build new skills, and connect with their community in meaningful ways.
“ReFresh is all about reigniting the enthusiasm of Gloucester’s young people by showcasing the wide range of opportunities available to them… ReFresh is designed to break down those barriers and inspire young people to engage, grow, and connect with their community.”
William James
King's Walk, Eastgate Shopping Centre
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Emily Gibbon
Gloucester Business Improvement District
ReFresh is a great starting point for any young person wanting to find something for them in this city. Whether it’s education and training or volunteering and socialisation, or a mixture of all of the above. It can be overwhelming, and we hope that bringing this event into Kings Square we can make it more accessible, with a little bit of fun thrown in.
