Building HeartTouch Together
HeartTouch Wellbeing CIC came into being because this work needed a home of its own.
I originally hoped that an existing organisation might provide the structure through which I could offer workshops, support people and continue developing the work. When that did not happen, it gradually became clear that if the vision was to grow, I would need to help create that home myself.
Everyone has something to contribute. Together, we make the work possible.
The organisation is not an end in itself. It is a vessel through which HeartTouch can develop, become accessible to more people and contribute to the way wellbeing is understood and supported.
HeartTouch has never been something I imagined building alone. Its future depends on people who believe that embodied mindfulness and compassionate human connection have something valuable to contribute to mental health, community wellbeing, workplaces and everyday life.
HeartTouch will grow through the participation of many people, each contributing in their own way.
Ways to Get Involved
There are many ways to become part of this work. Some people may have time, professional experience or useful connections to offer. Others may attend a programme, introduce someone who could benefit, share our work or help make a particular project possible.
Experience the Work
Attend a workshop, course, group or community event and experience HeartTouch for yourself. Participation helps the work remain grounded in real human experience and contributes to its continuing development.
Share the Work
You can help by telling someone who may benefit, sharing our work through social media or introducing HeartTouch within your own community or professional networks.
A personal recommendation can make it easier for someone to discover support at a time when they may not know where to turn.
Contribute Your Skills
As HeartTouch grows, we hope to welcome people with a wide range of skills, experience and perspectives.
This might include support with governance, administration, marketing, communications, fundraising, design, technology, research, event organisation, community development or professional networking.
People may contribute occasionally, support a particular project or become more closely involved in the continuing development of the organisation.
Help Guide the Organisation
HeartTouch Wellbeing CIC will need thoughtful and committed people to help guide its future development.
This may include joining the board as a director, contributing specialist knowledge or helping the organisation build strong relationships with the communities and sectors it hopes to serve.
Introduce HeartTouch to Your Organisation
You may be able to introduce HeartTouch to an employer, charity, healthcare service, educational organisation, community group or professional network.
An introduction can begin a conversation about a workshop, a sponsored programme, staff wellbeing, community support, training or another form of collaboration.
Partner With Us
We welcome conversations with organisations that share our interest in practical, compassionate and embodied approaches to wellbeing.
Partnerships may involve hosting programmes, reaching particular communities, developing new areas of work, contributing professional expertise or exploring how HeartTouch might complement existing services.
Accessibility & Sustainability
HeartTouch Wellbeing CIC believes that everyone should have the opportunity to benefit from embodied approaches to wellbeing, regardless of their financial circumstances.
As a Community Interest Company, we are committed to developing a resilient and sustainable organisation that can continue serving individuals and communities over the long term.
We believe accessibility and sustainability can work together. By combining participant contributions with philanthropic support, partnerships, organisational income and grant funding, we aim to make our work accessible while supporting its long-term development.
Support HeartTouch with a Donation
HeartTouch Wellbeing CIC is developing ways of making embodied mindfulness and compassionate human connection more accessible to people experiencing stress, emotional or mental distress and other periods of difficulty.
If you value this work and would like to help support its development, you are very welcome to make a voluntary donation.
Donations can help us offer free and accessible activities, develop new community programmes and support the wider work of HeartTouch Wellbeing CIC.
Make a DonationHeartTouch Access Fund
The HeartTouch Access Fund helps make our work available to people and communities where financial circumstances might otherwise be a barrier.
The fund can provide subsidised or fully funded places on classes, workshops and programmes, as well as support for individual sessions where appropriate.
It can also help us offer programmes and events with charities, healthcare services, community organisations and other partners where there is insufficient funding to meet the full cost of providing the work.
Where appropriate, participants may be invited to contribute at a level that reflects their individual circumstances. We believe this can help make the work accessible while recognising the value of learning, participation and personal commitment.
The Access Fund can be supported through individual contributions, philanthropic giving, sponsorship, grants and legacies, helping to extend the reach of HeartTouch's work over the long term.
Sponsored Programmes
Some individuals, communities and organisations may benefit most from programmes that are fully or partly sponsored, reducing or removing the cost to participants.
HeartTouch is beginning to develop these programmes in partnership with community organisations, using the Access Fund and other sources of funding to help make the work possible.
Living Well through Balance – Oakleaf Enterprise
In autumn 2026, HeartTouch Wellbeing is offering a six-week wellbeing and resilience programme through Oakleaf Enterprise in Surrey .
The course introduces accessible embodied mindfulness practices supporting greater stability, resilience, vitality and connection for people using Oakleaf's mental health and wellbeing services.
Women's Recovery Programme – Woking
HeartTouch Wellbeing is also developing a programme with a women's recovery service in Woking , beginning with an introductory workshop followed by a six-week course.
The programme explores practical approaches to self-care, grounding, embodied awareness and safe human connection within a supportive group environment.
Support for projects such as these can help us offer programmes where organisations or participants are unable to meet the full cost themselves.
Supporting the Organisation
Financial support does more than provide access to individual sessions and programmes. It also helps create the organisational foundations needed for the work to grow.
This may include developing new programmes, building partnerships, training facilitators, producing accessible resources, evaluating our work and strengthening the systems needed to serve communities responsibly.
Supporting the organisation helps turn a promising piece of work into something resilient, collaborative and capable of creating a wider long-term impact.
Building a Resilient Organisation
HeartTouch Wellbeing CIC seeks to develop a diverse and resilient funding model rather than relying on a single source of income.
Participant contributions, earned income, philanthropic support, sponsorship, partnerships and grant funding each have an important role to play. Together they help create an organisation that is both financially sustainable and able to respond flexibly to the changing needs of the communities it serves.
Over time, we also hope to develop services that generate income while furthering our community purpose. Any surplus can then be reinvested in expanding access, developing new programmes and strengthening the organisation for the future.
In this way, accessibility and sustainability become mutually reinforcing, helping HeartTouch continue serving individuals and communities for many years to come.
A Shared Vision
HeartTouch is still at an early stage, but its vision is long term.
We hope to demonstrate that embodied mindfulness and compassionate human connection can make a meaningful contribution to mental health, community wellbeing, workplace wellbeing, long-term health conditions and healthy ageing.
No single person can bring that vision into being. It will emerge through relationships, participation, shared experience and the contribution of people who genuinely want to see this work influence the world.
Whether you participate in a workshop, tell a friend, make an introduction, offer your skills, become a director, sponsor a programme or support the organisation financially, you become part of that continuing development.
Working Together
If this vision resonates with you, we would be glad to hear from you.
You do not need to arrive with a finished proposal or know exactly how you might contribute. A conversation, an idea or an introduction may be the beginning of something valuable.