The Wellness Gateway

We are a small charity trying to accomplish big things. We are based across the Harrogate and Rural district area and have two therapy rooms at Community House on Allhallowgate in Ripon, North Yorkshire and other spaces over the district.  We offer sponsored Free Listening Spaces in Ripon, Knaresborough and over the telephone to assess people’s needs whether that would be advice, signposting, therapy, therapeutic activities, self-help classes, wellness or training.  We offer trauma-informed education and accredited training to help people living with adverse childhood experiences and the effects of trauma. We are a preventative service, hopefully stopping problems escalating to the point of needing more serious and costly intervention and support.

How do we work? 

We are run by stakeholders, volunteers, trauma-informed staff and wellness practitioners that want to give back in their spare time.

What do we bring?

• Over 50 cumulative years of experience from trauma-informed keynote speakers and trainers
• Grass roots outreach experience from our school wellness hubs for parents and carers
• Qualitative and quantitative data in this field
• Our experience of sitting on the commissioning board for Complex Emotional Needs in NY
• Up to date research in this field
• A wide selection of reference material and books on adverse childhood experiences and trauma
• Evidence based experience around adverse childhood experiences, trauma and public health
• Community consultation data
• Our experience working with stakeholders and being external trainers for the NHS
• Our experience with clinical supervision in this area
• Accredited trauma-informed training
• Primary care approval to support childhood adversity and trauma 

How do people access our services?

There is one pathway to access our services:

If you are an adult and live within a 20km radius of Ripon, North Yorkshire please complete a full self-referral on our contact page and tick which Listening Space option suits you best.

Please be aware that everything we offer is funding dependant. The options are below:

1. A free session at one of our Listening Spaces for an open conversation around your needs to see if our services are appropriate for you.  This will be followed up by a free check-in follow up.

2. Twenty free counselling sessions with one of our university student placement counsellors

2.  Subsidised therapy with one of our experienced therapists £45 per session – evidence of benefits will discount this cost.

3. Access to our free, subsidised or chargeable fundraising wellness events.

Referrals

We do not accept direct referrals currently from services such as NHS, Crisis Teams, IAPT, CMHT, GP surgeries, Primary or Secondary Care, schools unless an established funding route exists.  

Why do we do what we do? 

We are passionate about bridging the gap between mental, emotional and physical health, the lack of community wellness support and raising awareness around the effects of a trauma care.

Supported by

We would like to thank Econ Engineering Ltd for sponsoring our Therapy Room in Ripon Community House and our Ripon Listening Space.