​We offer

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Our services include access to free and low-cost health services:

 

• Mindfulness

• Storytelling for Wellbeing

• Creative activities

•  Individual and small group wellbeing coaching

• Complementary therapies in partnership with The Pathways Trust

• Creative personal lifestyle medicine training

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​Alongside mixed groups, we also create women-only spaces where appropriate, recognising the value of safe, supportive environments for women to connect, heal, and grow.

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We serve

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We  specifically  target changemakers, community workers and activists suffering from compassion fatigue and burnout - and those approaching these states.  We care for the carers, providing creative wellbeing programs, time out and resources to stay well and happy in  body and mind.

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Our Track Record

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   We  have  been  working  in East London,  serving  the 
local  community  for  over  20  years  and  have  extensive  
experience working  with  hard-to-reach  groups.

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Our founder Anna (Tish) Robinson won  three  community  awards  
during  the  pandemic  and  the  ”Take  Back  Your  Life”  course  she  co-developed was  a  finalist  in  the  2023 "Innovations in Mindfulness" awards

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The Need

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"The existing paid and voluntary workforce is having to work harder and longer, further creating downward pressure on retention rates.

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More than half (52%) of charity employers currently experiencing recruitment difficulties said that their employees are working longer hours.

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And of those with hard-to-fill vacancies, seven in ten (70%) said that the workload of their existing staff had increased as a result.

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As a consequence, around one in four (24%) said that stress, burnout, and overly large workloads were a cause of retention problems - with this figure rising to over a third (34%) of larger charities.

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Source: Running hot, burning out An analysis of the VCSE Sector Barometer, in partnership with Nottingham Trent University National VCSE Data and Insights Observatory Jack Larkham and Mariam Mansoor With thanks to Jansev Jemal, Professor Daniel King, Dr Juliana Mainard Sardon, Dr Hai Dang Nguyen, Associate Professor William Rossiter, Nicole Sykes, and Dr Juliet Wakefield March 2023

   

Mindfulness,  creative health, lifestyle medicine,  therapies, coaching and complementary therapies have  all  been  shown  to  reduce  depression  and  anxiety and help restore work life balance.

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                    Additionally, peer-support  communities can alleviate the isolation and stress often experienced with burnout.

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