DO GOOD BY BEING WELL
The beginning of a bigger idea
What started as professionals offering therapy and training evolved into something much bigger. Each project revealed the same possibility: one wellbeing investment could create far more than wellbeing alone. Today, we're scaling that idea through partnerships with organisations who want their wellbeing investment to create lasting social value. Here's where it all began.
It's not just what we do, it's how we do it
From the start: Every decision is designed to create value beyond its immediate purpose.
Around 80% of our office furniture and décor has been repurposed, refurbished, upcycled or sourced second-hand.
We prioritise training venues with social missions, so every booking contributes beyond the event itself.
Many of our office plants have been grown from cuttings, reducing waste and unnecessary consumption.
We make purchasing decisions that extend the life of materials, reduce waste and create wider social and environmental value.
Free Training for Volunteers post pandemic
2021: As volunteers stepped up across the region, they were facing a community with declining mental health and no access to mental health training. In response, we launched our free Mental Health First Aid program for volunteers.
The course gave me the confidence to ask questions gently but without hesitation, and that opened the door to some really in-depth conversations.
100% of volunteers completing the program reported increased knowledge and confidence in having mental health conversations in the community. What began as an urgent need has become a lasting commitment.
Chatty Cafe in Yeovil
2024: We partnered with Barolo Lounge to launch the Chatty Café in Yeovil. We facilitated the weekly sessions while Barolo Lounge generously provided the space and refreshments. Together, we created a simple opportunity for people to connect over a cup of coffee and a conversation.
When I come through those doors, I get a sense of calm. It's wonderful.
As the café became established, we supported its transition to Able to Achieve, a Somerset-based charity, enabling it to continue growing through local leadership. We believe lasting impact comes from creating the conditions for communities to lead, own and sustain initiatives long into the future.
Investing in People, Growing Impact
2004: We recognised that cost remained one of the biggest barriers to accessing therapy. So, we used income from our therapy and training services to fund a programme that subsidised more than 600 therapy sessions over 2 years while supporting a new generation of trauma-informed therapists to qualify and serve the local area.
By the time our final student therapists qualified in 2026, the programme had achieved exactly what it was designed to do: expand access to therapy, strengthen local counselling capacity and demonstrate that wellbeing investment can create value in multiple ways.
Everything you've seen so far was just the beginning. Now it's time to come together and power up impact.
Everything you've seen so far was just the beginning. Now it's time to come together and power up impact.
BUILDING THE NEXT CHAPTER
This roadmap shows where we are today and where we're heading next. As Innovess grows, organisations can move beyond investing in workplace wellbeing to actively shaping and participating in collaborative social action.
WE ARE HERE
PHASE 1:
Laying down the foundations
The launch of ISO - aligned services that help organisations strengthen the conditions for healthier workplaces. Ten percent of wellbeing investments are reinvested into building the infrastructure for future collaborative social action.
PHASE 2:
Shaping what's
next
As the infrastructure grows, organisations can become collaborative partners, helping co-design workplace social action pathways and shaping the initiatives that move into delivery.
PHASE 3:
Creating collective
impact
Organisations become active participants in collaborative social action, working alongside employees, local partners and communities to bring co-designed initiatives to life helping create lasting social value.
