"healthy, happy people make healthy, happy communities..."
We are healers who work collectively to share our skills in a way that is affordable and accessible to everyone who wants it.
"...and healthy, happy communities make healthy, happy people!"
We work together for the benefit of the community because life is better when others around us are happy. We use small grants to run community-lead projects, offer discounted rates to those who need it and partner with other organisations to reach people in crisis.
By choosing to have your treatment with us, you are supporting an ethical business. Our therapies are always charged at market rates, but as a social enterprise we reinvest all of our profits into projects for social change.
And all the products we use are cruelty-free, locally sourced and eco-friendly, because we take responsibility for our impact on the planet.
We like to work as a collective and value the input of the community. If you'd like to get involved, please Get In Touch - we'd love to hear from you.
team
Ama Asomaning
Director
Hi, I'm Ama. I'm very excited to be a director of In Touch, a group of brave and beautiful people that provide sorely needed mind/body relief to so many wonderful souls. From supporting those labouring to find sanctuary in this country to our work with the wider community and our elders, I'm proud to be part of this wonderful enterprise. I bring to the table bags of enthusiasm and creative thinking, community focus and a dash of legal background. As well as using and believing in Complementary Therapies, I have a keen interest in community power and justice.
Jessica Morris
Director, Therapist, Teacher
Jessica is one of the founding members of In Touch and is also our project manager and bodyworker. She has dedicated the last 15 years to honing her skills as a therapist and teacher, and to making her work equally accessible to all members of the community. She is passionate about human rights, freedom of movement and challenging health inequalities in our society. She has a great love and respect for her local community of Chapeltown, where she has lived for over 20 years.
Lisa Labate-Paez
Director
Lisa is a vegan nutritionist, animal rights activist and mother of 3. As a community member and health practitioner, she understands the importance of self care, and the many challenges that can get in the way of it. She loves In Touch for its community spirit and our commitment to equalising access to high quality healthcare.
working for the community
a Community Interest Company
We began in 2012 by volunteering massage for PAFRAS, a pioneering charity that supports refugees and asylum seekers. We also volunteered for OPAL, who support older people to remain independent. Seeing the benefit of what we were doing, we registered as a Community Interest Company in 2013 and ran projects with Touchstone, Hamara Women’s Centre, Behno and Leeds Teaching Hospitals.
In 2017 we worked with the social prescribing agency Connect Well to provide a range of holistic therapies for people on low income in LS7 and LS8. We set up a treatment room at St Martin’s Medical Practice and began to enter the medical world - until Covid-19 changed the world forever.
In 2022 we began to get back on our feet, changed our model to include exercise instruction, and acquired funding from The National Lottery. Through the Personal Empowerment Project we put on two weekly exercise classes and free massage therapy work for people in the community. The project was a great success, taking us to 2024, when further funding from HATCH LCP and HAMARA allowed us to keep going a little longer.
Now in 2025 we have received further support from The National Lottery, which will enable us to continue our therapeutic work in the community for a further 12-18 months. The Lottery's support is testament to the difference we are making, and we are both grateful and excited.
Our aim is to help people out of pain and into a place of health. We believe that knowledge is power, and by helping people understand their bodies, we will empower them to maintain their own good health. With plenty of guidance and support. By providing group exercise classes for local people and asylum seekers together, we will build bridges across communities and promote support, friendship and togetherness. By providing access to complementary therapies, we offer people a hands-on way out of pain and into health.
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