Eden House Wellbeing
Eden House Wellbeing
Therapeutic and Wellbeing Services
Doncaster, South Yorkshire
BEE Community Minded
The Bee Community Minded projects deliver our not-for-profit services. We developed this in 2021 in response to experiencing a significant unmet need for the types of services we are offering, with a shared desire to provide low-cost or no-cost therapeutic services to those in need of support.
We are working hard to complete grant applications to try and generate funded packages of support that local families are letting us know they need. Our Directors and team members are voluntary in their service development and funding efforts and commit their spare time to this cause. We would all prefer to be using this time to offer more of the much needed direct therapy and interventions. It is also difficult to plan support when we have to wait significant amounts of time to hear if funding applications have been successful. In the meantime - families are left waiting for therapies and trained therapists are using their time filling in paperwork!
We want to try something different and need the help of anyone who feels that they would like to support our service to develop.
Scroll down to 'support our service' to see how you can help!
Our Aims
Our immediate fundraising aims will focus on helping us to offer therapeutic support to families who need this now. We want to accept more referrals from the families and professionals who are getting in touch, as well as continuing packages of support for children who need more help. All of our charitably raised funds are directed towards what is needed to meet the below aims:
- Offer direct therapies and wellbeing interventions for individuals and groups - Our team specialise in supporting young people and their families where there has been developmental traumas and/or complex needs are presenting. We offer individual and family based work for both children and adults.
- Parental/Carer Interventions: Our NVR (Non-Violent Resistance) group aims to offer specific support to families where there are struggles managing aggressive, violent, or self-destructive behaviour by increasing parental presence and confidence. Every time we get funding to offer this group we receive significantly higher demand than available funding can meet. Feedback from families lets us know we must keep trying to make this support available and accessible on an ongoing basis.
- Offer specific services to children and their families/carers in areas we know are low in available support such as children struggling to access school, with neurodivergence, disabilities and/or sensory needs.
- Offer consultation to parents and carers to understand and support their children's needs.
- Develop useful tools and self-help resources to help families who cannot access direct interventions.
- Understand what is available locally and work with other services, projects and teams so that we can do more together.
- Offer training and professional development to local teams and services to share skills and knowledge.
Community Engagement: Your Involvement Matters
This service is for our local families, and it’s essential that we develop it with your views and support. Here’s how you can help:
Support our service
Help us to offer more services. Your regular monthly donations enable us to offer much needed low/no cost therapeutic and wellbeing services to the children and families who need them.
If you are an individual or business - any contribution can be put to good use!
Fundraising
Individuals, teams, or businesses can fundraise on our behalf - collection boxes, team events, Sky dives! - your contribution is valuable.
Sharing our details with others who may wish to support our aims is also a massive help!
Take a look at our fundraising page to get involved!
Purchase a Furapy Friend
Visit our shop to purchase your own Furapy Friend or gift it to someone in need. Every Furapy Friend purchased will directly support Bee Community Minded, as the proceeds help fund our therapy programmes, making professional support more accessible for children, parents and carers who may otherwise struggle to access the help they need.
Browse our shop below!
Become a member
Join the hive today and help us make a lasting difference in our community. Choose the membership level that's right for you - from our free Hive Friend membership to monthly supporter options starting from just £5 per month.
Take a look at our membership page to become part of our hive!
Other ways to help us would be to spread the word, visit our social media platforms and share our projects and resources with anyone who might benefit or wish to offer support.
You could also Donate items, We gratefully accept donations of items we can use in our services and projects, such as soft toys, handmade items such as art supplies and materials for our therapeutic spaces or any goods which may be suitable for raffles or fundraising events. Please get in touch with us if you have any donations which could help.
Our Commitment to Transparency and Accountability
Please note, our Community Interest Company operates solely for not-for-profit purposes. The Executive Director is a registered professional, and our team of non-executive directors comes from various professional and community backgrounds. All financial and non-financial donations are managed by an accountable business support team, and financial transactions are processed through business banking systems, managed by an externally appointed chartered accountant.
Your trust in our transparency and accountability is essential to us.
Thank You
Thank you for taking the time to learn about our project. Your support helps us continue making a positive impact in the community.
Get In Touch
Feel free to contact us if you have any questions about our services.
Enquiries are usually answered within 7 working days. If you need access to urgent support please see our Signposting Page for other services who may be able to help.
Frequently Asked Questions
For Local Authority/NHS/Education/Insurance funded referrals and enquiries please get in touch through the contact form for further information.
For self-funded referrals please email via our contact form and we will provide an up to date list of practitioners with capacity to accept private referral enquiries and those who have short waiting lists.
Please be aware that we receive significantly more requests for support than our service has the capacity to accept.
Our voluntary Directors are working hard to develop our service, access charitable grants and fundraising capacities and increase accessibility to helpful local and national signposting and self-help materials in order to address some of this need. When we have low-cost, or funded no-cost therapeutic interventions available we will update this on here and via our Social Media pages
Please see BEE Community Minded to explore ways you can support this part of our service.
There are other local services we are aware of that you may wish to explore for your therapeutic support needs:
https://www.counsellingdoncaster.com
https://www.doncastermind.org.uk/our-services/one-to-one-support-for-children-young-people/
https://peoplefocused.org.uk/pfgscore/betteryou/
or alternately search below for details of local privately funded therapy services.
https://www.psychotherapy.org.uk/find-a-therapist/?Distance=10
All of our team are self-employed associates/independent practitioners. For professional quality assurance and safeguarding measure, we check that anyone offering services is : professionally qualified and registered, DBS checked, declare that they are not subject to any current complaints, have suitable clinical/modality supervision and have professional insurances in place to practice.
Any associate practitioner or independent practitioner using our building should be able to provide you with details of their professional registering body as well as details of their professional background, experience, privacy and complaints policies.
You can also contact our Service Director directly via the contact form if you have any concerns about the professional conduct of anyone offering services on our behalf or from our building.
For Local Authority/NHS/Education/Insurance funded referrals please contact us directly to discuss your referral needs and for a quote for work.
All of our team are self-employed associates and set their own fee structure dependent on professional qualifications and experience. The type of practitioner needed will be dependent on presenting need and clinical/therapeutic complexity. We appreciate that this is a difficult area to navigate when looking for someone to help with your therapeutic needs. All privately funded practitioners will ideally provide an initial, brief no cost discussion to explore your needs and ensure that the modality of work that they offer is suitable, or signpost you to another suitably qualified professional and/or service.
As a rough guideline for privately funded referrals; a general counselling or wellbeing session might cost
£30-50 per session, a psychotherapy session might cost £60-£80 per session and a session with a Clinical Psychologist or Senior/Specialist Therapist might cost £80+ per session. Many of our team offer sliding scales and concessions where possible.
We are sometimes able to offer low cost/no cost therapeutic sessions through our charitable projects either via our team offering pro bono/concessionary sessions or when we have trainee therapists in residence. Please see BEE Community Minded for more information and follow our social media pages for updates or see ‘How do I make a referral’ for signposting to other services who may be able to help.
All of our team are self-employed associates who offer a range of appointment times between 8am and 8pm Mon to Fri, and 8am to 3pm Saturday.