A new step for Live Well with Pain

We knew what was needed was a combination of knowledge, skills, tools and resources to support practitioners, so they could promote self-management with their patients. Over the next few years Live Well with Pain emerged as the vehicle to help us deliver this.

To say LWWP has grown in the intervening period would be an understatement. Our collection of free resources is now among the most extensive in the country. Our accredited training is skilling up hundreds of practitioners every year. And LWWP’s influence has also grown as the healthcare system increasingly embraces self-management as the most effective way to live well with persistent pain.

Now LWWP is moving to a new phase in its development. We have decided to restructure our organisation as a Community Interest Company: Live Well with Pain CIC. This non-profit structure will enable us to consolidate our achievements to date, while providing a stable basis from which to continue developing the resources that so many healthcare professionals rely on to support their work.

The new CIC structure will:

1. Create a strong and sustainable structure to support the future development of LWWP

2. Help ensure LWWP’s valued resources continue
   to be freely available into the future

3. Enable LWWP to explore new partnerships, opportunities and sources of funding that support its mission

The CIC will be led by people drawn from both professional and lived experience backgrounds, reflecting LWWP’s belief that both lived experience expertise and professional knowledge are essential in shaping its future direction.

From the point of view of our audience – whether you are a practitioner or someone living with pain – we don’t expect anything will change. We will continue with our mission to provide trusted and useful resources that support effective pain self-management. And we’ll continue ensure those resources remain completely free to use.

In the face of the challenges facing healthcare and society at large, this change to a CIC gives a strong foundation for LWWP’s long-term sustainability. We will keep you posted about exciting developments as we work together under a CIC structure and explore the opportunities this brings.

As always, thank you for your continued support. We value your help and input with suggestions of areas that need development or resources.

Finally, if you would like to support the work of LWWP either as a trainer or from the perspective of someone with lived experience of pain, please get in touch with us via Claire Packwood or myself.