PART 1 - GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE COMPANY’S ACTIVITIES AND IMPACT Since April 2024, and throughout the period up to April 2025, Revive Counselling & Wellbeing CIC has been focused on the establishment and development of the organisation to ensure it is safe, compliant, sustainable, and ready to deliver high-quality counselling and wellbeing services to the community. During this period, significant work has taken place to raise funds and lay strong foundations for service delivery. This included receiving donations from individuals who support the vision and mission of Revive, and hosting a Fundraising Meal in February 2025 to raise both funds and awareness of the organisation’s purpose. We also liaised closely with Ashfield District Council regarding Revive’s vision and mission and successfully secured funding through the Ashfield District Council Enterprise Development Grant. This grant and the additional fundraising were essential in enabling the formal set-up of the organisation. The funds raised and secured were used for a range of essential purposes to ensure Revive operates safely, ethically, and in line with best practice. This included training in key areas such as Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) safeguarding, First Aid, and Health & Safety. Funding was also used for the procurement of a secure, cloud-based client management system from Lamplight, designed as a bespoke solution to store and manage client records safely. The system allows secure storage of sensitive personal and counselling data for counsellors, volunteers, and service users, with role-based access controls to ensure only authorised personnel can view or edit records. It includes encryption of data both in transit and at rest, audit trails of all user activity, automated data backup, and compliance with UK GDPR requirements. The system supports scheduling, case notes, risk assessments, and reporting, ensuring that Revive can manage its services efficiently while maintaining the highest standards of confidentiality and safeguarding. Revive Counselling & Wellbeing CIC also became a member of Thirtyone:eight, which provides ongoing safeguarding support and guidance, including DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) checking services for all counsellors and volunteers. This ensures that all personnel working with children, young people, and vulnerable adults meet professional safeguarding standards. In addition, a substantial amount of time during the year was spent developing a comprehensive suite of policies and procedures to ensure the organisation meets legal, ethical, and safeguarding requirements. To strengthen this work, funding was used to commission the Association of Christian Counsellors (ACC) to undertake a full review and audit of Revive’s policies and procedures, ensuring compliance with recognised professional standards. Further use of funds included training and the procurement of a suite of Living Life to the Full courses. These include Living Life to the Full for adults, Living Life to the Full for Young People for teens, Helping Your Teen Live Life to the Full for parents, and Reclaiming Your Life for individuals living with chronic pain and fatigue. These evidence-based courses will form the foundation of Revive’s initial group support offer. Alongside organisational set-up, Revive has been actively networking and building partnerships. This has included recruiting counsellors and volunteers, and developing relationships with other organisations, including secondary schools, in preparation for service delivery once the set-up phase is fully completed. Revive has also engaged with key stakeholders across the community, including meetings with Ashfield District Council Economic Development, Regeneration and Wellbeing departments, Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care System (ICS) NHS Integrated Mental Health Commissioning teams, local church leaders, and Nottinghamshire County Council’s Family Hub Network. These discussions have focused on understanding local need, identifying gaps in counselling provision, and exploring opportunities for collaboration. We have secured the use of two rooms within The Tin Hat Centre, made possible through the Family Hub Network, and have worked with St Mary’s and St Helen’s Church to secure space for future group support activities. Further engagement with the local community, including schools, GP surgeries, organisations, and businesses, is planned through community consultation events to ensure services are responsive to local needs. Once fully established, Revive Counselling & Wellbeing CIC aims to provide professional, accessible, and affordable counselling and wellbeing support to children, young people, adults, and parents, both within the local community in Selston and online. Services will include one-to-one counselling at The Tin Hat Centre, online support, school-based counselling, and group programmes. Initial group support will be delivered through the evidence-based Living Life to the Full courses, with the programme expanding over time to respond to emerging local needs. The overarching goal is to enhance emotional wellbeing, build resilience, and reduce barriers to accessing timely and appropriate mental health support within the community.

Who benefits and how Revive Counselling & Wellbeing CIC has been established to provide public benefit by improving access to emotional wellbeing and mental health support within the local community, particularly where there are gaps in provision and barriers to access. The primary beneficiaries are children and young people, adults, parents, and carers experiencing emotional distress, mental health difficulties, bereavement, trauma, or reduced wellbeing. Many of these individuals experience long waiting times for statutory services or face financial, geographical, or accessibility barriers to private counselling. Secondary beneficiaries include families, schools, community organisations, and the wider community, as improved mental wellbeing contributes to stronger relationships, improved educational engagement, reduced social isolation, and earlier intervention in mental health needs. Revive’s services are designed to deliver public benefit by offering affordable, ethical, and professional counselling and group wellbeing support, with any surplus reinvested into the organisation to increase access, subsidise costs for those unable to pay, and expand services in response to identified community need. How community need has been identified In line with the CIC Regulator’s expectations, Revive has taken active steps to understand local need and ensure that its activities are in the interests of the community rather than private individuals. During the set-up period, Revive has engaged with and held meetings with: - Ashfield District Council Economic Development Department - Ashfield District Council Regeneration and Wellbeing Officers - NHS Integrated Mental Health Commissioning teams within Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care System (ICS) - Association of Christian Counsellors - Thirty:One Eight These discussions focused on understanding local mental health need, existing service provision, and gaps in counselling and wellbeing support. Revive has also reviewed relevant national and local mental health statistics for the UK, Nottingham, and Nottinghamshire. This included an exercise to map existing counselling provision across Nottinghamshire, which identified Ashfield as an area with limited services and Selston in particular as having no local counselling provision. This lack of provision is compounded by limited public transport and accessibility issues, creating additional barriers for residents seeking support. Engagement with local stakeholders In addition to statutory and commissioning bodies, Revive has engaged with local community stakeholders, including meetings with local church leaders and with the manager of Nottinghamshire County Council’s Family Hub Network. Through this engagement, Revive has secured community-based spaces to deliver future services and has ensured safeguarding, accessibility, and family-focused needs are considered. Revive recognises the importance of ongoing community involvement and has planned further consultation as services begin. This will include community launch events at The Tin Hat Centre and at the local Co-op store, where members of the community will be invited to share their needs, priorities, and barriers to accessing support. Feedback gathered through these events will inform service development and delivery. Consultation will also take place with the local primary, secondary schools, GP surgeries and other local organisations and business is expected in order to identify local need. Stakeholders The key stakeholders of Revive Counselling & Wellbeing CIC include: - Service users, including children, young people, adults, parents, and carers - Families and carers of those accessing support - Counsellors, volunteers, and sessional workers involved in service delivery - Partner organisations, including schools, churches, and community groups - Local authorities and public bodies, including Ashfield District Council and Nottinghamshire County Council - NHS partners, including Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care System (ICS) Integrated Mental Health Commissioning teams - Safeguarding and professional bodies, including Thirtyone:eight and the Association of Christian Counsellors - Funders, donors, and supporters - The wider local community Revive engages with stakeholders through meetings, partnership working, service user feedback, supervision and team meetings, policy review, and planned community consultation events. Stakeholder input helps ensure that Revive’s activities remain focused on public benefit, address identified local need, and continue to operate in line with the CIC Regulator’s requirements.

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