The Community Well, Benefolk Foundation

‘The Community Well’, also known as the Social Sector Wellbeing and Resilience Hub, is an excellent online resource specifically designed to support charities, not-for-profit organisations, and social enterprises. Developed in response to research highlighting widespread stress, anxiety, and burnout among social sector leaders, staff, and volunteers, this resource hub aims to foster sustainable, systemic change in mental health and wellbeing practices. Key features include:  

1. Curated tools and resources: trusted materials from respected organisations are collated alongside bespoke tools, including:

• An ‘Organisational Health Check’ for assessing workplace wellbeing.
• A ‘Workplace Wellbeing Strategy Template’ to guide planning.
• A ‘Wellbeing Lens’ to integrate wellbeing considerations into decision-making.

2. Practical and sustainable support:

• The hub focuses on building capability in wellbeing governance and everyday practices to ensure individuals and organisations can thrive, not just survive.

3. Advocacy for better practice: addressing the structural causes of poor wellbeing, The Community Well advocates for systemic change, mainstreaming improved practices across the sector.  

The Community Well is a space designed for ongoing use - ‘a place you come back to, time and again’ - providing essential resources to enhance the mental health and resilience of individuals and teams.