Community Interest Company · Oxfordshire

Your wellbeing journey starts here

Affordable, evidence-informed support that helps you improve energy, sleep, stress and resilience — built around your life, by a not-for-profit that reinvests every surplus back into the community.

Wellbeing consultation at Rebalance Wellbeing Hub CIC, Oxfordshire
Who we are

Not run for profit. Run for the community.

Rebalance Wellbeing Hub CIC is a not-for-profit social enterprise based in Oxfordshire. We exist to bridge the gap between overstretched NHS care and unaffordable private wellness — and all surplus is reinvested into community wellbeing projects.

Community first

We serve our community, not shareholders.

Accessible support

Free and low-cost education for everyone.

Evidence-based

Grounded in research and best practice.

Regular events

Weekly workshops and community gatherings.

Wellness planning journal and lifestyle checklist used in Rebalance health programmes
The things that shape your health

Most of your health is decided long before you ever see a doctor

The things you put in and on your body. How you move. How you sleep. How you carry pressure. How connected you feel to other people. None of these sit outside your health. They are your health, quietly compounding day after day, year after year. The very same five everyday areas can build you stronger and more resilient, or slowly wear you down and leave you more prone to illness.

Here is the part most of us were never told: this is largely within your control. Not all of it, but far more than you have probably been led to believe.

Those everyday patterns quietly shape your long-term health, including your risk of the conditions most of us will meet at some point. The encouraging part, and the part most people are never told, is how much of it is modifiable. Small, steady changes in daily life move the odds back in your favour.

Excess weight alone is linked to 13 types of cancer and is the second biggest preventable cause of cancer in the UK after smoking (Cancer Research UK).

See the five pillars ↓

Five pillars, one foundation

Five everyday areas. One stronger you.

Each pillar can build you up or wear you down. Small changes across all five add up to something far bigger than any single fix.

What you put in and on your body

The food and drink that fuel you, and the everyday products and exposures around you. The most modifiable influence on how you feel day to day.

Sleep

The foundation everything else rests on. Restore it and your energy, mood, focus and appetite all begin to settle.

Stress and resilience

Pressure is unavoidable. How your body and mind carry it is something you can train.

Movement

Not punishing exercise. Regular, enjoyable activity that keeps your body capable and your mind clear.

Social connection

One of the strongest predictors of a long, healthy life, and the one we most often overlook.

You don't have to master all five at once.

Start with one. Come to a workshop and pick the pillar that matters most to you right now.

Join a workshop
What the guidelines actually say

For many common conditions, lifestyle change is the first thing the guidelines recommend

This is not fringe wellness. For a long list of the conditions people most often see their GP about, national clinical guidance (NICE) recommends lifestyle and other non-drug approaches as the first-line step, frequently before any medication.

  • High blood pressure
  • Type 2 diabetes
  • Overweight and obesity
  • Osteoarthritis
  • Long-term insomnia
  • Depression (less severe)
  • Anxiety
  • Low back pain
  • Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
  • Indigestion and reflux (dyspepsia and GORD)
  • Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
  • Urinary incontinence

In every case the "treatment" is built from everyday tools: how you eat, move, sleep, handle stress and stay connected. That is exactly what we help you learn and put into practice.

Funded by The National Lottery · Now running 2025/26

5 Pillars of Health Programme

A community education programme delivering free and low-cost workshops, webinars and seminars across Oxfordshire, funded by the National Lottery Community Fund. It covers five evidence-based pillars of health: Nutrition, Movement, Mental Wellbeing, Sleep and Social Connection.

  • 12 workshops across Oxford, Abingdon, Banbury and Witney
  • 200 in-person participants
  • ~500 online reach
  • Led by qualified practitioners
  • Free entry, child-friendly events
  • Surplus from paid services subsidises free community provision
Making prevention accessible in Oxfordshire

The need is real — and modifiable

Oxfordshire does well on many headline measures, yet day-to-day wellbeing still slips for too many of us. Weight creep, poor sleep, persistent stress and low energy are modifiable.

These are not fixed facts about us. They are starting points we can change, together.

58.6%

Adults overweight or living with obesity in Oxfordshire

30.5%

Year 6 children overweight or living with obesity

38.6%

Meet the recommended '5-a-day' guidelines

13.1%

Adults with recorded depression

How to get started

Two simple ways in

Whether you're looking for community connection or personalised support, there's an option for you.

1

Join a workshop

Start with one of our affordable community workshops. Learn practical skills and connect with others on a similar path. View schedule →

2

Explore your options

Ready for personalised support? Start with the free HolistIQ assessment, then book a free discovery call. Start HolistIQ →

Optional add-ons

Extra support, once the foundations are in place

Lifestyle comes first, always. For some people, two supportive therapies can complement that foundation: hyperbaric oxygen therapy and red light therapy. They are optional adjuncts, not a replacement for the basics, and we will always be straight with you about what they can and cannot offer.

Partnered with

Trusted organisations & institutions

We work with partners to deliver evidence-informed support.

Fit Cookie Oxford Henshaw Hyperbaric Chambers Kineon Momentum Mind Ltd Funded by the National Lottery Community Fund

Ready to explore your wellbeing?

Start your free HolistIQ assessment, join one of our community workshops, or get in touch with our team.