Small Shifts Community CIC
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Providing practical, accessible physiological support for people facing everyday stress and reduced capacity.
 Science-backed breath and movement strategies that support stress regulation, sleep, and focus, helping people function more calmly and confidently day to day.
Why This Matters
Many people live with ongoing stress, fatigue, physical tension, low confidence, or discomfort that make everyday life harder to manage. Access to effective support, however, is not equal. People in more deprived or underserved communities are often least likely to receive help early, before difficulties escalate.
Small Shifts exists to help change that.
We work in partnership with social prescribing teams, community wellbeing services, local authorities, youth settings, WorkWell pathways, and voluntary-sector organisations to widen access to preventative, non-clinical support. Our programmes are designed to reach people experiencing stress, fatigue, reduced confidence, musculoskeletal discomfort, sleep difficulties, or barriers to work, learning, or participation.
We welcome referrals and partnerships with GPs, social prescribers, WorkWell coaches, youth workers, schools, local authorities, and voluntary-sector organisations.
How We Support People
Our work is practical, gentle, and accessible for all abilities, with a focus on helping people build skills they can use in everyday life. It is physiology-based and designed to support everyday functioning across a range of settings.
Group sessions
Structured sessions that support stress regulation, ease physical tension, and help people feel steadier, calmer, and more focused.
1:1 support
Targeted, individual support for people experiencing ongoing stress, overwhelm, fatigue, or reduced capacity, using tailored physiology-based tools.
Education and micro-practices
Clear, accessible explanations of how breathing, posture, and movement influence stress and recovery, combined with practical tools that can be used at home or at work.
Matt, Talking Therapist
“These sessions were incredibly informative and clearly grounded in evidence. The techniques have helped me ease stress, settle into my day more positively, and stay more aware of my breathing in both work and daily life. I’ve noticed improvements in my sleep, and even on difficult nights the practices have been genuinely supportive. A valuable experience that’s strengthened my wellbeing and the way I work.”
Ingrid, Specialist Case Manager
“This course offered a much-needed space to focus on my own wellbeing. The weekly themes built on each other clearly, with plenty of time to practise the techniques at our own pace. I valued the calm, well-researched approach, and the mix of staff attending made the experience even richer. The sessions have helped me become more aware of my breathing and better able to support my own mental and physical health.”
Start the Conversation
If you’d like to explore how Small Shifts Community CIC could support your service or community, we’d be glad to talk.
