We’re Alexis Dowd and Ursula Wood, co-founders of Wellbeing Umbrella . We are on a mission to help more people access the wellbeing choice and variety they deserve by raising awareness and funding through our Pay-it-Forward Wellness Events. Including our No One-Size-Fits-All online wellness events.

Our events not only help increase the wellbeing of attendees or employees attending, but they also raise charitable funds for a charity called Blessings Trust.

Blessings Trust helps people experiencing hardship including poverty, exclusion and/or violence gain access to free or subsidised wellbeing support.

WHY We Raise Funds

There is ample evidence to show how social factors, including income level, education, employment status, disability, age, and ethnicity have a marked influence on how healthy a person is.

People from disadvantaged groups sadly tend to have a higher occurrence of higher-risk health behaviours, worse access to care and less opportunity to lead healthy lives than others.

Unfortunately, money determines a person’s ability to purchase goods and services that improve their health and wellbeing. Including, food, gym membership, talking or physical therapies to list but a few. The more money individuals and families have, naturally the better the support and services they can buy.

Living on a low income limits this ability and can become a source of stress. Evidence also highlights that being on a low income, having extra costs associated with disability or poor health, can deplete a person’s income further. This lowers their standards of living even further.

We can now clearly see why funds for wellness support and resources are vital. By raising funds and working in collaboration with health and wellness practitioners, we aim to close the health inequality gap caused by hardship, including poverty, social exclusion, and violence.

How The Money We Raise Together Helps

Here’s some examples of how the money we raise through our Pay-It-Forward wellness events, with your support, can help people experiencing hardship with their wellness journey;

£10 - could provide a person with a scented eye pillow to help decrease stress hormones, provide comfort, boost mood, increase circulation, relieve pain, and release tense muscles.

£20 - 2 x wellness activities such as keep fit or wellbeing classes to help people engage in community activities, increase mood, confidence and independence.

£45 - 1 hour x hands on therapy to help people with trauma take control of their emotions, receive human touch, and feel safe and respected.

£100 - 2 x Art therapy sessions to help people cope with a multitude of mental and emotional disorders, and to aid in the overall healing process.

£200 - 4 x Talking therapy sessions to support people in the growth of self-confidence, self-awareness, self-acceptance, and the ability to trust own judgement.

Please note: the above information is for guide purposes only. Wellbeing Umbrella and Blessings Trust believe no one-size-fits-all when it comes to wellbeing solutions. Everyone is unique and users of the fabulous charity are free to choose wellbeing solutions that best suit their needs and preference.

Ready to offer a simple act of wellbeing kindness?

If you would like to donate to this worthy cause, Blessings Trust would greatly appreciate it. Thank you for your support.

Thank you

Alexis & Ursula :)