Free to Be SHE CIC
– 12-Week Wellbeing Programme for Women Over 40
A supportive, community-based programme for women navigating exhaustion, overwhelm, burnout, and midlife transition.
Free to Be SHE has a branch which is a Community Interest Company (CIC), created to deliver accessible, preventative wellbeing support for women who are balancing work, family life, and the emotional and physical changes of midlife.
This 12-week programme offers a safe, structured space for women to reconnect with themselves, build emotional resilience, and feel supported through life transitions such as perimenopause, menopause, and burnout.
About the Programme
12-week facilitated course
Weekly 2-hour group sessions
Small, supportive cohorts
Trauma-informed, inclusive delivery
Designed specifically for women over 40
Delivered in a welcoming, non-clinical environment
The programme combines guided discussion, practical wellbeing tools, reflection, and peer connection. It is preventative in nature and sits between clinical services and self-help, offering early support before challenges escalate.
Accessibility & Concessionary Places
As a CIC, Free to Be SHE is committed to making this programme accessible to women who would most benefit, regardless of financial circumstances.
We offer a limited number of concessionary places on each cohort. These may include:
Fully funded places
Partially funded places (reduced contribution)
Concessionary support is assessed individually, recognising that women’s circumstances vary and can change. There is no one-size-fits-all approach.
Women are invited to apply for a concessionary place by completing a short, confidential application form. Decisions are made sensitively, with the aim of removing financial barriers while ensuring the programme remains sustainable.
Self-Funded & Supported Places
Women who are able to contribute financially help support the long-term sustainability of the programme and enable funded places to be offered to others.
A sliding-scale contribution model is used, meaning:
Some women pay the full cost
Some pay a reduced amount
Some attend through fully funded places
This approach ensures fairness, dignity, and inclusion.
Flexibility & Ongoing Access
We recognise that life circumstances, health, caring responsibilities, and work commitments can change.
Participants are welcome to join an alternative cohort if accessibility challenges arise
If a session cannot be attended in person, online access to that topic will be made available wherever possible
This flexibility is central to how we support women to stay engaged without pressure or judgement.