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Feel Good for Life (Dementia Friendly Swimming) - Bridgend - Leisure

Last updated: 13/01/2026
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What we do

The Dementia Friendly Swimming sessions are about making the swimming experience better for people with dementia and their carers by improving facilities and taking away barriers. This creates a safe, supportive environment. A diagnosis of dementia doesn't mean you have to stop doing the activities that you enjoy or stop you trying new things. Research shows that low impact exercise can be beneficial for physical and mental health and can improve the quality of life for people in all stages of dementia. Swimming in particular has many added benefits:
- Clear your mind and anxiety.
- Improve your mood and encourage positive thought.
- Relax your body.
- Low impact, so easy on your joints.
- Opportunity to socialise reduce loneliness and have fun.
- Help to ensure a better night’s sleep.

Who do we support

The sessions provide a great opportunity to do something active together, so we welcome carers to participate - and to do so for free! However, carers are not necessarily required to accompany the participant in the water, and there may be the chance to sit poolside or in our spectator area. Contact us to discuss how we can support those wishing to attend this session.

The Dementia Friendly Swimming sessions give people in Bridgend County Borough who are living with dementia an opportunity to keep active and to meet and socialise with others in a similar situation. So, socialising after the sessions is also important. There will be an opportunity to sit down and have a complimentary cup of tea and biscuits. It’s great to see people who previously didn't come out of their homes being part of the sessions and be given a sense of place.

This service is for people aged 18+.

Is there a charge to use this service?

Depends - Please contact us for more information. Carers swim for free.

Can anyone use this service?

Anyone can contact us directly

 Address

 You can send post here:

Bridgend Life Centre
Recreation Centre
Angel Street
Bridgend
CF31 4AH

 You can visit us here:

Bridgend Life Centre
Recreation Centre
Angel Street
Bridgend
CF31 4AH

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 Opening times

Sessions take place every Wednesday at Bridgend Life Centre (except during school holidays where we offer alternative activities out of the pool). Swimming starts at 2pm and lasts for approximately 45 minutes. After changing, there’ll be the chance to socialise until approximately 4pm.

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We will take reasonable steps to ensure the information within the website is as accurate as possible. We cannot be held responsible for the accuracy of this information. The contributors themselves maintain their own information and they welcome feedback about the accuracy of the information they provide. Those accessing it are advised to take reasonable steps to consider its content before acting upon it. This could include seeking professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the information within our website.

Please note that the results found when searching in English or Welsh on the English and Welsh sides of the website (www.dewis.wales or www.dewis.cymru) will sometimes differ. Providers can (subject to rules around language standards that apply to some provision) choose to enter their information in English only, in Welsh only, or bilingually. Whilst we try to use the technology within the site to limit the impact of their choice, both terminology and the structure of the languages mean that differences in the results produced is sometimes inevitable.

We assume no responsibility for the content of websites linked on our site. Such links are provided for your information only and should not be interpreted as endorsement by us of those linked websites. We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources. We reserve the right to reject or remove links to any website if we find the site content inappropriate.

For more information please refer to the full terms and conditions.