RESONANCE GROWING ENTERPRISES 2024 SOCIAL IMPACT REPORT
Citizen Coaching
Providing accessible mental health support to help people improve their wellbeing and reach their potential.
Organisation: Citizen Coaching CIC
Location: Birmingham
Partnership date: March 2021
Investment amount: £125,000
Resonance fund: West Midlands SITR Fund
About Citizen Coaching
Founded in 2005, Citizen Coaching is a Community Interest Company providing low-cost and free mental health and wellbeing services across Birmingham. The organisation delivers counselling, anger management, personal development coaching and employment support, alongside specialist services for anxiety, depression, bereavement and addiction. Designed to be accessible and person-centred, its services help people improve their mental wellbeing, build confidence and overcome barriers to work, education and everyday life.
Our Investment
Resonance invested £125,000 through the West Midlands SITR Fund to help Citizen Coaching expand its counselling team, introduce a specialist sensory play therapy space for younger clients and strengthen its online mental health services. The investment enabled the organisation to increase both its capacity and the range of support it provides.
Our Impact
Investment from the Resonance West Midlands SITR Fund has helped Citizen Coaching strengthen and expand its mental health and wellbeing services across Birmingham. By growing its team, enhancing specialist support for children and young people, and developing its digital offer, the organisation has been able to reach more people with accessible, person-centred support. This has enabled Citizen Coaching to support more individuals to improve their mental wellbeing, build resilience and access the help they need to lead healthier, more positive lives.
Citizen Coaching Founder and CEO, Martin Hogg: “More than two-thirds of adults in the UK (69%) report feeling somewhat or very worried about the effect COVID-19 is having on their life. The most common issues affecting wellbeing are worry about the future (63%), feeling stressed or anxious (56%) and feeling bored (49%). (The Health Foundation health.org.uk) This investment from Resonance is going to enable us to increase our counselling capacity: reach more vulnerable people in these uncertain times. We will be not only be able to expand our counselling team but also equip our existing counsellors with the tools and skills they need to deliver counselling for clients presenting with loss, isolation, anxiety and long covid. We will also include add a Play Therapy Room and Sensory Room to enable children and young people with specific needs, better access counselling.”
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