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Community-Rooted. Mission-Driven.
Built to Last.

Everything at The CellWell Alliance begins with community. Before we launch a course, pitch a partner, or publish a resource, we ask: does this serve the people who need it most? Our projects are where that commitment becomes visible — in free peer support, in community research, and in future Ambassador programmes that will carry this work further than any single organisation can reach alone.

STATUS: ACTIVE — Ongoing  |  ACCESS: FREE — Open to all — No referral required

The CellWell Community

A Free, Ongoing Virtual Support Group for People Living with Sickle Cell

The CellWell Community is our free virtual support group — a space where people living with Sickle Cell Disorder, their carers, and their families can connect, share, and feel less alone. The group runs on WhatsApp for day-to-day connection, and meets formally via Zoom on the third Monday of every month.

This group has been running for over twelve months as part of our community validation programme. It has shaped every course we have built and every service we have designed. It is also, simply, a community — one that people keep showing up for because it meets a need that no clinical service currently does.

 

What the group offers:

  • Peer support and shared experience from others navigating SCD

  • Practical naturopathic tips for pain management, nutrition, and wellbeing

  • Guidance on disability benefits, NHS navigation, and advocacy

  • A space for honest conversation about the emotional, social, and financial realities of chronic illness

  • Regular connection: monthly Zoom sessions on the third Monday of each month

  • Community updates on CellWell Alliance courses, events, and resources

 

Who it’s for:

Adults living with Sickle Cell Disorder or Sickle Cell Trait. Carers, partners, and family members of those with SCD. Anyone who has felt isolated, overwhelmed, or underserved by mainstream health services and wants to find their people.

This group will always be free. It is one of the founding commitments of The CellWell Alliance: that no one who needs peer connection and community knowledge should face a paywall to access it. 

Community Nutrition Ambassador Programme

Training the Community to Serve the Community

STATUS: PLANNED — Year 2/3
Format: In-person community clinics, Commissioned partnership model

The CellWell Alliance’s long-term vision is not just to serve the Sickle Cell community — it is to build the capacity of the community to serve itself. The Community Nutrition Ambassador Programme is how we do that.

Ambassadors will be individuals from within the SCD community — patients, carers, parents, and allies — trained by CellWell Alliance practitioners to share evidence-based nutritional knowledge peer-to-peer. They will be equipped with accurate, culturally relevant information, practical communication tools, and the confidence to address misinformation and fill the knowledge gaps in their immediate networks.

This model extends our reach far beyond what a single organisation can achieve. It builds sustainable community capacity. It creates trusted messengers in the spaces where our community lives, worships, works, and gathers. And it provides meaningful, credible opportunities for members of the SCD community to contribute to their community’s health outcomes.

For potential partners: We are actively seeking NHS Trusts, Local Authorities, and Sickle Cell charities who wish to co-develop, fund, or integrate the Ambassador programme into existing community health infrastructure.  

Mobile Nutrition Clinics

Taking Nutritional Education to High-Need London Boroughs

STATUS: PLANNED — Year 2/3 Format: Community scheme, Partnered commissioning model

Access to nutritional guidance should not depend on geography, income, or mobility. Our Mobile Nutrition Clinics will bring evidence-based Sickle Cell and chronic illness nutritional education directly into high-need London boroughs — into community centres, places of worship, GP surgeries, and leisure facilities where the communities we serve already gather.

 

Each clinic will offer:

  • Free or subsidised one-to-one nutritional drop-ins

  • Healthy eating resources and recipe guides tailored to SCD

  • Signposting to CellWell Alliance courses and programmes

  • Community health literacy activities

  • Referral pathways back into NHS services

We are seeking commissioning partners from Local Authorities and NHS Integrated Care Boards to fund the first pilot clinic programme. Mobile Nutrition Clinics align directly with NHS prevention priorities and the Core20PLUS5 framework for reducing health disparities.  

The CellWell Food Box Scheme

Subsidised, Nutritionally Appropriate Food + Education

We know that food access and food affordability are social determinants of health that no amount of nutritional education can fix alone. The CellWell Food Box Scheme will provide subsidised, nutritionally curated food boxes — paired with recipes, preparation guides, and anti-inflammatory eating resources — to low-income members of the SCD community in London.

The scheme will operate on a commissioned model, funded by Local Authority public health budgets, food poverty grants, and NHS social prescribing partnerships. It directly addresses the intersection of poverty, chronic illness, and nutritional health inequity.

For funding bodies and commissioners: The Food Box Scheme is a replicable, evidence-based intervention addressing food poverty and chronic illness simultaneously. We welcome conversations with funders, Local Authority officers, and NHS social prescribing teams.

Want to Fund, Partner, or Co-Create a Project?

The CellWell Alliance actively seeks partners — statutory, voluntary, and corporate — who share our commitment to reducing health inequalities and building community resilience. If one of our projects aligns with your funding priorities, commissioning mandate, or corporate social responsibility programme, we would welcome a conversation.

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