A WELLBEING hub in Droitwich has received a vital donation to support the provision of its mental health services, writes Mia Whitehouse.
Droitwich Wellbeing Hub received £20,000 from Platform Housing Group to help continue its ability to offer essential mental health services to the town’s community.
Platform Housing Group awarded the donation through its Wellbeing Fund.
Pip Cavilla, co-founder and therapeutic counsellor at the Droitwich Wellbeing Hub said: “Our partnership with Platform has been incredible – this funding has already made a huge difference to the way we support local people.
“It’s helped us expand our reach and meet the increasing demand for mental health support.”
The scheme was initially launched in 2021, to help people with essential needs such as food, energy and household appliances.
Since then it has gone from strength-to-strength and is now being used to support community based schemes such as the Wellbeing Hub.
The funding has enabled the non-profit hub, which offers counselling and wellbeing support, to hire additional staff and secure further funding to sustain and grow its services.
Marion Duffy, chief operations officer at Platform Housing Group, said funding projects like this was important during the ongoing cost-of-living crisis.
“That’s why our Wellbeing Fund is so important – it allows us to respond directly to what people needs, whether that’s essential items like a cooker, energy and food vouchers, or access to vital mental health services like those offered by the Droitwich Wellbeing Hub.”
