Pilot Programme Scotland

To validate the concept, we plan to launch a pilot centre in Edinburgh or Glasgow. The program will collect measurable data to present to the government, demonstrating its financial and social impact and paving the way for a nationwide rollout of government-backed centres.

Funding
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Core Features

Skills Training & Teamwork:

A structured environment focused on practical skills and personal growth.

Daily Activities:
Including sports, exercise, cooking, nutrition, financial planning, and career development.

Redefined Nursing Roles:

Nurses will spend less time on administration and more time on hands-on patient care.

Community & Business Collaborations:

Partnering with local and national businesses, the armed forces, entrepreneurs, and higher education institutions to create employment and education pathways.

A Clear Outcome

The goal of each Empath Centre is to equip clients with the skills, resilience, and networks to transition successfully into employment, further education, or entrepreneurship. Every graduate will leave fully prepared to meet the challenges of the outside world, with a clear pathway to a sustainable future.

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Our 6 Pillars to Recovery

Our Empath Centres will provide a daily rhythm of purpose and structure.

  • Movement heals. Through guided exercise, outdoor adventure, and team sport, Empath rebuilds confidence, strength, and connection. Physical activity becomes therapy in motion—restoring body chemistry, releasing emotion, and teaching discipline through play. Every step reminds participants that resilience can be trained as surely as muscle.

  • Food is medicine and a social arena. Empath’s kitchens teach practical skills, shared meals, and the science of nourishment. Participants cook together, learn balance not restriction, and rediscover pleasure in eating well.  From soil to plate, nutrition becomes a daily act of self-care and collective healing.

  • Money often mirrors mental state.  Empath offers clear, stigma-free coaching on budgeting, debt, and long-term security. Financial literacy replaces fear, turning survival into strategy. Participants leave with tools to plan, save, and make informed choices—the foundations of independence and peace of mind.

  • Creativity reconnects what trauma divides. Empath’s studios and stages give space to paint, write, play, and perform. Expression replaces suppression; rhythm replaces rumination. Art and music become languages of recovery—translating pain into beauty, isolation into collaboration, and silence into hope.

  • Purpose sustains wellness.Empath mentors help participants identify strengths, retrain, and re-enter the workplace with confidence.  From CVs to entrepreneurship, the focus is on possibility, not limitation. Career support here is about meaning—helping people build lives, not just jobs.

  • Recovery doesn’t end at employment; it evolves there. Empath partners with businesses to create compassionate, high-performing cultures. Through training, mentoring, and ongoing support, we ensure mental wellbeing is woven into every role. The result: workplaces where empathy and excellence coexist—and people truly belong.

Our Vision

50+

Empath Centres across the UK

By 2035

Care

Serving the most vulnerable with care, respect and ambition

From the start

#01

Becoming the gold standard in holistic recovery and reintegration

By 2030

How?

Our Empath Centres will provide a daily rhythm of purpose and structure.

We will provide support and facilities in sport, exercise, cooking, nutrition, music, financial planning, life skills, careers advice.

The team will host trauma-informed support and peer community groups and 1-1 sessions. Our end goal is to carve out pathways to jobs, apprenticeships, or education on to graduation to empower people with the correct tools to live a full and independent life.
The centres are backed by private-sector infrastructure and social impact investors that believe that this is a positive step to reducing relapses back into mental health care.

We are aimed at creating taxpayers, not lifelong service users.

“1:4 people will experience a mental health crisis. Empath Centres are designed to cut relapse rates by up to 50%.”

— Mind