Feelgood Communities CIC has continued to deliver creative and wellbeing-focused workshops that support mental health, social connection, and community resilience. We have run a wide range of accessible Sessions including laughter yoga, mindfulness and the breath, crochet for wellbeing, creative writing, and seasonal craft workshops, across Greater Manchester and the UK. These sessions have helped reduce isolation, build confidence, and improve emotional and physical wellbeing for people of all ages and backgrounds. We’ve particularly focused on reaching those with lived experience of mental health challenges, offering a safe, non-judgmental space for expression, creativity, and healing. We’ve kept records of attendance, participant feedback, and finances, ensuring transparency and accountability in all our work Through laughter and the breath, people can improve their levels of happiness, improve their health, and learn coping strategies for dealing with stress. Through creative activities, people can develop and enjoy skills, and express themselves. Mindful Crochet and Armfullness is being led by Claire, in particular in many locations in Stockport and Manchester. Creative writing is being led by Robin. Both of us lead laughter-based activities. These have been delivered as in-person workshops, online workshops, presentations and trainings. We have embarked on a National Lottery Community Fund Awards For All project based on our Wellbeing Activity Cards. These cards are to enable groups to create and lead wellbeing sessions for themselves. We have worked with a number of groups, showing them how to use the cards with their members, and we are evaluating how they can best be used. We have taken them to a primary school, community organisations in Salford and Manchester, and women’s groups in Rochdale, Bury and Manchester. As part of the Awards For All project, we have also started working on creating a Pantomime with Better Things, a charity which supports people with learning disabilities and/or autism, and Funky Fitness and Fun, a not-profit organisation supporting people with additional special needs. Building on our work together in previous years, the group members are creating a show which will be presented in March 2026. Feelgood Laughter Club in Gorton continues to flourish. We have been training new Laughter Yoga leaders who can gain experience by assisting in leading the Gorton Laughter Club. We have also been running our Exploring and Understanding Laughter workshops across the UK. On of our trained leaders is running a project with us in Salford. Claire has been leading a range of creative and wellbeing activities for individuals attending workshops, including both one-off sessions and structured courses delivered over several weeks. Her main focus is crochet and laughter and has been offering other mediums like arm knitting and punch needle sessions. She has also been involved running Crafty Cinema events. Through her work with Feelgood Communities, she supports participants to improve their mental wellbeing, build confidence, and connect with others through creativity, particularly crochet and laughter-based practices. Alongside this, Claire continues to develop and deliver accessible community workshops across Greater Manchester and beyond, as well as contributing to collaborative projects with local social enterprises, charities and community groups. This has included being part of the Co-op Local Community Fund, delivering crochet sessions on a community farm where adults and children have been able to craft, connect with each other, and spend time in nature. Her work places a strong emphasis on inclusion, personal development, and creating supportive spaces for individuals who may be experiencing isolation or low wellbeing. Much of our work is done on a voluntary basis. We also work with some local charities, and on a project in a community in Ghana where we have been helping them with an emergency water pipe to deliver drinkable water to the community. During the year, we had around 3000 attendees at around 230 events and activities.

The company's stakeholders are: 1. People in the UK and around the world that wish to use laughter, energy and breath work for improved wellbeing (so potentially everyone). 2. People in Ghana and Ethiopia in particular in terms of community, health and education. 3. Specifically community groups where we lead laughter-based work, and community organisations we have worked with. Volunteers are consulted about the laughter-based work; we also discuss ideas for activities with other UK laughter professionals, and other community organisations including Better Things, Funky Fitness and Fun CIC, Jak's World, The Monastery Manchester, BAWC and Community Futures Trust CIC. Also, after some activities during the year we invite participants to give written feedback and to offer ideas for further activities they would like us to do. Feedback confirmed support for our current range of activities and for the development of a toolkit with laughter-based activities for communities to use. New suggestions are where possible implemented.

The accounts include: Directors Salaries £4286. £11000 project work fee. The total amount paid or receivable by directors in respect of qualifying services was £15,286. There were no other transactions or arrangements in connection with the remuneration of directors, or compensation for director's loss of office, which require to be disclosed.

As part of the remit of the company, supporting individuals in education and poverty, we have made donations of £344 to support a woman in Ghana; £715 to support a man in Ghana to start to train in IT and purchase a laptop; and £86 to support a man in Ghana with exam fees. In Ethiopia, we have given £250 to the education of an ex-street boy.