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A free wellness festival is returning to Birkenhead Park in September for its fourth year, with a focus on fitness, food, community, and talks over two days.
As reported by the Wirral Globe, Wirral Wellness Festival will take place on September 12 and 13, running from 10 am until 4 pm. Visitors are encouraged to register for tickets, but the festival is free.
Becky Jones founded the event. She also runs Oxton Wellness Centre in Oxton Village. On the agenda for this year is a Fitness Stage, Speaker Stage, Market Street, Kids Zone and a Pet Wellness area, with dog shows and competitions planned across the weekend.
Live fitness classes will be available, as will talks from wellness experts. Food, drinks, a DJ, and children's entertainment are also available.
Becky Jones said: "The whole reason I created Wirral Wellness Festival was to bring people together and make wellness feel accessible to everyone. Running Oxton Wellness Centre has shown me first-hand how powerful movement, connection and community can be, and I wanted to take that feeling outside of the studio and create something much bigger for the Wirral."
She added: "Wellness means something different to everyone. It might be trying a yoga or fitness class for the first time, listening to an inspiring speaker, discovering a local business, spending time outdoors with your family or simply having a day where you feel connected to other people."
At this year's event, charities, instructors and community organisations focusing on physical and mental health will come together.
This year's community partners are Bio&Me, 174 Family Law, Storeton Rose Financial Planning, Wirral K9 Training Academy and Oxton Wellness Centre. Gut-health food firm Bio&Me will give fibre and protein bars to the first 1,000 visitors over the weekend.
Becky said the partnerships this year are personal to her, particularly Bio&Me, a charity that supports Bowel Cancer UK, which her uncle and auntie died from.
Becky thanked the festival's partners and added their support allows her to "keep the festival free and create something thousands of people can enjoy".
