Support the Empath movement
Invest in Renewal - Mind, Body, and Community
Our Vision.
Empath is building a new model of mental-health rehabilitation — one that treats people as whole beings rather than cases.
Each centre brings together six pillars of renewal: Sport, Nutrition & Cooking, Financial Planning, Arts & Music, Careers, and Workplace Integration.
The result is a pathway from crisis to contribution: people rediscovering health, purpose, and independence.
We believe compassion can be measured in outcomes: higher recovery rates, sustainable employment, reduced relapse, stronger communities.
Ways to Contribute
Founding Patron or Philanthropic Gift
Direct funding to build the pilot site and early programmes.
Social-Impact or
ESG Investment
Patient capital with clear metrics on health, employment, and social value.
Corporate or
Institutional Partnerships
Align your organisation with a movement reshaping the future of mental health.
Why it matters.
Mental ill-health costs the UK economy more than £100 billion a year in lost productivity and care.
For every statistic, there is a person who wants to rebuild a life, a family, a career.
The current system treats episodes; Empath rebuilds futures.
Financial Goals & Funding Strategy
How Your Investment Helps
Launch
The first Empath Centre, a flagship for national and international rollout.
Train
Train multidisciplinary teams combining clinical, creative, and financial expertise.
Generate
Generate measurable social returns through data-driven evaluation of wellbeing, employment, and community impact.
Partner
Prove that empathy and efficiency can coexist, creating a replicable model for public–private partnership.
Stats
£118bn
Annual cost of mental illness to the UK taxpayer (5% of GDP, Davidson et al, 2022).
Suicide
Suicide is the leading cause of death for men under 45 (Hemmings, 2016).
24,000
NHS hospital bed shortages: Availability has dropped from 55,000 to 24,000 beds over two decades (Michas, 2022), leading to long waiting times.
14.7%
14.7% of the UK workforce suffers from mental health conditions (Lelliott et al, 2008), impacting productivity and increasing reliance on welfare benefits.
5 million
Surging demand: 5 million people in the UK diagnosed with mental illness in 2023, a 33% increase since 2019.
1/3
A third of Housing Benefit claimants (35%) and nearly half of ESA recipients (47%) have a mental disorder (Money & Mental Health Policy Institute, 2022).
60,000
Young people most affected: Mental health referrals in England rose from 15,000 in 2017 to 60,000 in 2024.
29,620
Hospital admissions: Scotland recorded 19,920 psychiatric admissions and 29,620 non-psychiatric mental health-related admissions in 2020-21 (Public Health Scotland).