About us
Built by people who needed this to exist
Wild Mind Well-Being CIC grew out of a simple observation: a lot of people fall through the gaps between services, and most of them do better outdoors, doing something useful, next to someone who isn't in a hurry.
Our story
Small, local and stubbornly practical
We started with a patch of land, a few animals and a conviction that well-being isn't something you're given in a fifty-minute appointment. It's built out of routine, purpose, and being known.
Today we run one-to-one mentoring, neurodivergent and recovery support, a Men's Shed, animal rescue and sanctuary work, and volunteering, all from the same place, with the same people.
We are not a clinical service. We work alongside GPs, social workers, schools and therapists rather than replacing them, and we'll always tell you honestly if what you need is somewhere else.
What a CIC means
A community interest company, and what that changes
A CIC is a business with a legal duty to serve its community. There are no shareholders taking a cut.
- Surpluses are reinvested into the work, mentoring hours, animal care, tools and materials.
- Assets are locked to community benefit, so what's built here stays here.
- Paid work (mentoring, corporate impact days, partnerships) subsidises the places we give away free.
- We report honestly on numbers and outcomes to funders and to the people we work with.
- Decisions are made by people who are on the land every week, not in a distant head office.
Important distinction
Wild Mind Well-Being CIC and Wild Minds Alternative Provision
Two organisations, related but separate. People mix them up, so here it is plainly.
Wild Mind Well-Being CIC
This organisation. A community interest company offering mentoring, neurodivergent and recovery support, Men's Shed, rescue and sanctuary work, volunteering and corporate social impact. Open to the wider community, self-referral welcome.
Wild Minds Alternative Provision
A separate organisation delivering commissioned education provision for young people out of mainstream school. Different remit, different funding, different point of contact. Enquiries about school placements should go there, not here.
Who you'll talk to
Lizzie China, CIC Manager
Lizzie leads the day-to-day development and delivery of Wild Mind Well-Being CIC, bringing together our community programmes, volunteering, corporate impact, Men's Shed and rescue and sanctuary projects.
Community • Connection • Growth
Come and see it for yourself
Visits are welcome, for people thinking about support, for funders, and for anyone who'd rather see the place than read about it.
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