We grew to recognise the importance of teaching people ways of keeping themselves well – and began our then ground-breaking programme of classes which we called ‘Stressbusters’.

We moved to the Settlement – and partnered with the Letchworth Garden City Corporation to run our classes… We became a registered charity...

The wonderful Sir Nigel Hawthorne became one of our patrons, advising us and helping us design marketing campaigns.

We relocated to the old Water Board House, a 3-bedroom building (derelict at the time) standing in its own grounds opposite the North Herts Leisure Centre on the Baldock Road.

And then, in 1988, faced with the threat of imminent homelessness when our building was needed for redevelopment, we moved once again to the equally derelict and vacant Rosehill Hospital. Four hundred panes of glass and innumerable other donated items later, we began a nationally acclaimed programme of education for doctors, nurses and other health professionals.

We partnered with Marie Curie Cancer Care and, locally, with North Hertfordshire College...

We were made an Associate College of Thames Valley University...

We won 3 national awards for our contribution to the community – one of which was conferred by one of Prince Charles’ own health foundations.

We ran many grant-funded wellbeing programmes over the years – developing our Positive Movement programme for older people with mobility problems – which, in 2018 came top in the Prevention category at the prestigious national Complementary Therapy Awards.