Senses Wellbeing Centre CIC
Our Story, so far……
Our Community Interest Company (CIC) was registered on 16th March 2019. The last two years has seen our community give generously and raise much needed funds from various community events/activities. We have been extremely lucky to receive free time and labour from local companies to create our safe space. Our fit for purpose venue will reopen its doors on Monday 12th April following closure to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Our venue is accessible, achievable and affordable allowing our community to come together to raise hearts and spirits. The Wellbeing Centre will host a full timetable of fitness sessions for everyone. We will welcome adults, children, active seniors, anyone with Special Educational Needs, Additional Needs, Disability and seated sessions that are dementia friendly. We are specifically targeting our audience to encourage every age and ability. Family fitness sessions eliminating cost of childcare and inspiring behavior breeding behavior.
Fitness can have such a huge impact on a community and transform lives. Besides the obvious fitness benefits it also builds social circles, removes barriers and looks after mind and body.
The benefits of mindful activities like yoga and meditation are significant. They can help relieve stress, lower blood pressure, reduce chronic pain and improve sleep patterns. Our aim is to offer relaxation classes, mindfulness and meditation sessions at Senses. Bringing in qualified instructors to deliver yoga, pilates, tai chi and meditation classes.
Senses will promote eating better and moving more. We will deliver FREE Weight Management Sessions, adopting Public Health England's guidelines to inspire cooking from scratch, fuelling the body better, living better and longer.
Our long term goal
Multi – Sensory Space
Our long term goal was to create a multi sensory room, but unfortunately the National Lottery did not share our vision or the need in our area and refused our application for funding. We have, through amazing community support, successfully created a Sensory Play environment in our huge multi-use main hall. Now sensory lighting, projector, black out tents, sensory equipment and toys can be used for 1 hour sessions. These timed sessions can be hired for exclusive use, a support bubble, or (when times are safer) a shared experience. We can offer SEN adults/children and their family members/siblings and support workers sessions such as monthly disco’s. We will host themed events and SEN parties as well as private sessions like glow in the dark family fitness. Activities are not readily available in East Cleveland and travel adds to expenses as well as time spent travelling which often makes returning unachievable. Check out our Senses timetable on the "book a session' tab to see what we have on offer.
