Proud Wellness CIC

We know that being an LGBTQIA+ ally can sometimes feel a bit daunting…

Especially in todays climate.

What happens if you make a mistake?

And how can you feel more confident that you’re doing the right things to be inclusive?

🌈Proud Allies: Awareness to Action, is our way of supporting you to build that confidence and feel proud to be an ally that offers LGBTQIA+ inclusive wellness services! 🙌✨

👉 Here’s what you’ll walk away with if you join us:

✨ Clarity ✨

What inclusive, affirming practice actually looks like in real-world wellness spaces - beyond good intentions, beyond assumptions, and beyond uncertainty.

✨ Confidence✨

How you communicate with LGBTQIA+ communities in a way that feels natural, respectful, and grounded - even when you’re still learning. 💛

✨ Practical Action ✨

This isn’t just theory. You’ll leave with tangible, usable approaches you can bring straight into your work the very next day.

Because this isn’t about being perfect.

It’s about showing up, being willing to learn, supporting each other in community, and taking action.

We’ve got some brilliant businesses already signed up, we’d love you to join them! 🤩

🗓️ 3:30 PM - 6 PM | 24 June

📍Ironworks, Brighton

🎟️ Booking link and more info in our bio.

This Pride Month, we’re returning to a theme that feels just as important today as it did last year.

📌 Reclaiming wellness as a space where LGBTQIA+ people belong, thrive and lead.

Swipe to see how we’re doing that at Proud Wellness - and how our community of practitioners, allies, partners and supporters are helping make wellness more inclusive, affirming and accessible for LGBTQIA+ people.

Happy Pride Month folks!

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June’s LGBTQIA+ Wellbeing Events roundup is here! 🌈🥳

👉 Swipe through to check out a wonderful mix of online and in person LGBTQIA+ led inclusive classes, retreats and activities including:

✨ Yoga in Worthing with

✨ Q***r strength club online with

✨ Q***r & neurodivergent social club with

✨ Relaxation for ADHD (free) with

✨ How to do a Ted talk webinar + key coach webinars with

✨ Write the book taster (free) with

✨ FLINTA strength classes in London with

✨ Creative writing group online with

✨ Relax + Reset retreat in Spain with .soultherapy

✨ Writing retreat in Wales with

All hosted by our Proud Wellness Directory members, creating spaces where LGBTQIA+ people can feel safer, welcome, and truly included.

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👉 Full details & booking via the *LGBTQIA+ Wellbeing* link in our bio.



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Our hearts go out to our trans, non-binary and gender diverse communities following Friday’s publication of the updated EHRC Code of Practice.

We know this has left many people feeling scared, worried and uncertain about what this means moving forward.

✨Proud Wellness has an online directory of over 100 UK based LGBTQIA+ inclusive therapists, coaches, and all kinds of holistic wellbeing practitioners ready to support you.✨

Many practitioners offer free and low-cost options - so you don’t have to navigate this alone. 🏳️‍⚧️🩵🩷🤍

>>> Please reach out if you’d like guidance on the kinds of mental health and wellbeing services on offer.

Standing with all trans+ communities in love and solidarity - today, and always. 🫂

Our hearts go out to our trans, non-binary and gender diverse communities following Friday’s publication of the updated EHRC Code of Practice.

We know this has left many people feeling scared, worried and uncertain about what this means moving forward.

✨Proud Wellness has an online directory of over 100 UK based LGBTQIA+ inclusive therapists, coaches, and all kinds of holistic wellbeing practitioners ready to support you.✨

Many practitioners offer free and low-cost options - so you don’t have to navigate this alone. 🏳️‍⚧️🩵🩷🤍

>>> Please reach out if you’d like guidance on the kinds of mental health and wellbeing services on offer.

Standing with all trans+ communities in love and solidarity - today, and always. 🫂🩷🩵

“This is a safe space.”

“Everyone is welcome here.”

“I treat everyone the same.”

When LGBTQIA+ people hear these things, it doesn’t necessarily put our minds at rest. 👀

Because inclusion and safety aren’t just something we say or write on our website.

It’s something people experience.

Something they feel.

And often, the difference between a space that claims inclusion and one that actually helps us feel welcome, seen, and affirmed shows up in the details:

✨ The language you use.

✨ What’s written on your intake forms and website.

✨ How visible your allyship is.

✨ How your practice evolves to include diverse genders and sexualities.

✨ Whether people feel they can fully exhale in your spaces.

And these things aren’t small details.

They’re often the very things that shape whether LGBTQIA+ people actually experience a space as welcoming, affirming, and safer to be in.

And why we say ‘safer space’ rather than safe space…

Because safety isn’t something we get to declare on behalf of other people.

None of us can guarantee that everyone entering a space will experience it as safe.

What we absolutely can do is intentionally work to create spaces that are safer.

And for LGBTQIA+ people searching for inclusive, welcoming wellness services and support - this really matters.

And it’s exactly the kind of conversation we’ll be stepping into at 🌈 Proud Allies: Awareness to Action on 24th June in Brighton at

Practical, grounded, real-world inclusion work for wellness practitioners who want to do better and welcome more LGBTQIA+ clients into their spaces.

If that’s you, we’d love to have you in the room

🔗 Link to more info & booking in our bio.

How would your clients describe your wellness spaces?

Imagine an LGBTQIA+ person walking into your studio, therapy room, gym or online space for the first time…

> Would they feel comfortable being fully themselves? 🏳️‍⚧️✨🏳️‍🌈

> Would they feel welcome, included, and affirmed by the ways you hold space? 💛

> Would they leave feeling supported and wanting to return? 🙏

Because inclusive practice isn’t defined by our intentions.

It’s shaped by how people actually experience our spaces.

LGBTQIA+ people are still walking into wellness environments where they feel unseen, excluded, and alienated.

And none of us want that. 😔

We know that wellness practitioners care deeply about LGBTQIA+ inclusion - but there’s not enough guidance, support, and learning available to help you bring that to life in your spaces.

That’s where we come in! 🤩✨

📢 Proud Allies: Awareness to Action is an in-person gathering for wellness practitioners who want to move beyond good intentions and into meaningful, values-led action. 🔥🙌

Because LGBTQIA+ people deserve wellness spaces where they can fully exhale and benefit from all the amazing wellness services you have to offer! ✨

Join us:

📍 Brighton | 24 June
Hosted at , home to Brighton Pride CIC.

🔗Booking link & more info in our bio.

👋 Hey wellness practitioners- where are you at in your LGBTQIA+ allyship? 🌈✨

Most practitioners don’t sit at the final stage of our model - and that’s okay… ☺️

…but where you’re at right now DOES shape how welcome, included, and supported LGBTQIA+ people feel in your spaces.

Our allyship and inclusivity is already impacting people’s experiences - whether we realise it or not.

Right now, too many LGBTQIA+ people are still walking into wellness spaces where they don’t feel fully able to be themselves… 😔

Or choosing not to walk in at all. 💔

And that’s exactly why allyship work matters!

📌 Many practitioners find themselves in the “supportive but unsure” stage - caring deeply, but not always confident about what LGBTQIA+ inclusion action looks like in practice.

💡This is exactly the work we’ll be stepping into together at Proud Allies: Awareness to Action on 24th June. 🌈💫

Proud Allies is an in-person gathering for wellness practitioners, founders, and space holders who want to create safer, more inclusive spaces for LGBTQIA+ communities. 🏳️‍⚧️✨🏳️‍🌈

>>> Check out all the details via the link in our bio.

May’s LGBTQIA+ Wellbeing Events roundup is here! 🥳

All events are run by our Proud Wellness Directory Plus practitioners, creating spaces where LGBTQIA+ people can feel safer, welcome, and truly included.

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From yoga, fitness, and qigong, to neurodivergent q***r spaces, co-working, and writing groups - there’s a mix of online and in-person spaces to meet you wherever you’re at.

✨ What’s on this month:

- LGBTQA+ Mindful Qigong - online - every Wednesday

- Spring Well Programme - online - now until 25th June

- Unfolding Words - online - 26th May and monthly thereafter

- Relaxation for ADHD - online - every Tuesday

- Q***r Strength Club - online - every Monday

- Spirals & Cycles Q***r Retreat - Camarthenshire - 22nd - 27th May

- FLINTA Strength Sessions - London, E17 - Tuesdays & Thursdays

- Fun Friends Club - online - 19th May

- LGBTQIA+ Community Yoga - Worthing - every Tuesday

- LGBTQIA+ Talking Circle - Worthing - monthly Saturdays

cowork - Camp Cowork - online - every Friday

👉 You can explore all upcoming events via the *LGBTQIA+ Wellbeing* link in our bio.

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If you’re a wellness practitioner who cares deeply about creating LGBTQIA+ inclusive, affirming spaces - and wants more visibility for your work…

Our Directory Plus membership is designed to support you.

Through biz promos, CPD training, and a values-led community, we’re here to help you grow and drive change in the wellness industry. 💫

Join us!

[Find out more via the link in our bio]



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