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About us

About Thrive Bridge Mental Wellness CIC

We are a UK Community Interest Company providing trauma-informed mental health and wellbeing support to adults facing social and economic disadvantage.

A group of people standing together

Our mission

To provide trauma-informed, culturally responsive mental health and wellbeing support to adults experiencing migration, displacement, violence, abuse, homelessness, poverty and social exclusion — helping them rebuild confidence and access pathways to stability and independence.

Our vision

A UK where mental wellbeing support is accessible to everyone, regardless of culture, language or life circumstance.

Our values

The principles that guide our work

Trauma-informed

Safety, choice, trust and collaboration shape our practice.

Culturally responsive

We take language, faith, family and history into account.

Community-led

People with lived experience help design what we do.

Dignity first

Every person we meet is treated as the expert on their own life.

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Our story

Our story

Thrive Bridge was founded in response to a gap in provision: adults facing complex disadvantage were being turned away from, or falling through, mainstream mental health services. We began with conversations in community spaces and built the organisation from there.

We now deliver peer support, wellbeing workshops, one-to-one sessions and outreach, and work with local authorities, NHS services and grassroots groups across the UK.

Meet the team

Our team

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Amara Okonkwo

Founding Director

Mental health practitioner and community organiser.

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Rohan Patel

Head of Services

Trauma-informed care lead with NHS background.

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Layla Ahmadi

Peer Support Lead

Lived experience advocate and group facilitator.

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Daniel Mensah

Outreach Coordinator

Building bridges with grassroots communities.

CIC status

What being a Community Interest Company means

A CIC is a UK company designed to use its profits and assets for the public good. Every penny we raise is reinvested in the community we serve.

An asset lock means our resources are legally required to remain dedicated to our mission. This provides transparency and accountability to the communities we work with.

Thrive Bridge

A UK Community Interest Company providing trauma-informed, culturally responsive mental health and wellbeing support to adults facing social and economic disadvantage.

Registered Community Interest Company in England & Wales.

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