Darkside Rising CIC

05/10/2026

New Announcement!! 😍 🎉
We are delighted to announce a new project, dedicated to the integration of counselling skills in community organisations across Lincolnshire. It will include:

12 spaces on our new NCFE Level 3 Diploma in Counselling Skills.
A Person-Centred Community of Practice, offering a space for applied learning and reflection.

Our focus is on supporting community organisations to strengthen their mental health provision and listening services. This might be in a variety of contexts, including physical activity, green spaces, befriending and more.

This course does not qualify the holder to practice as a counsellor. It does, however, ensure that they develop the skills and confidence to support clients within a helping relationship.

We anticipate a course start of February 2027, drop us an email for more information:
[email protected]

29/09/2026

We've been working hard behind the scenes with our co-research group, here's a sneak peak 🖤

In 2024, women from Darkside Rising’s Strength in Cancer Programme began an NIHR funded community research project to understand the information needs of women living with cancer. Supported by Prof. Mo Ray from the University of Lincoln, they developed and led the project to completion, culminating in video documentation of their findings. The video (including their findings for neurological conditions) can be found with the online version of this book, and on Darkside Rising’s website.

Towards the end of 2025, LVET (the Lincolnshire Voluntary Engagement Team) announced the Cancer‑Related Health Inequalities VCFSE Grant Programme. This book is the result, a commitment and an obligation to uplift the stories of women who participated in the 2024 research project. Led by the same co-researchers, this book has been built with and through the lived experience of cancer survivorship.

27/09/2026

1170kg bench pressed and £718 raised at Darkside Training - Lincoln's Team Bench Press Competition this morning 🥰

It was a win for the Purple team, but plenty of PBs for all involved 💜

All money raised is going towards our Strength in Cancer programme, supporting women living with and beyond cancer to access strength training and physical activity.

26/09/2026

One of the easiest ways to support our work is to sign up to the Lincoln Community Lottery!

It's helped us raise £2875 since 2020, will you help us cross over the £3000 threshold? 🤩 🥳

Play our Autumn Super Draw and you could win 2026's brand-new iPhone - revealed soon!

24/09/2026

BBC Make a Difference Awards - Active Award Finalists 🤩

It's been a whole week since we attended the BBC Make a Difference awards in Lincoln! Our Highly Commended trophy is now proudly on display at the gym 💜

18/09/2026

Yesterday we were honoured to attend the BBC Lincolnshire Make a Difference Awards as award finalists 🤩🤩🤩

Darkside Rising CIC Strength in Cancer was nominated for the Active Award and was chosen out of hundreds of applicants to be in the final 4!

We didn’t win the big one.. but we still definitely feel like winners.
We came home with a Highly Commended trophy 🏆 which will be proudly displayed in the Gym.

Coaches Rachel & Belle attended the ceremony along with the our fantastic project participant Karen, we are so grateful to have been selected and to be there with others who are doing such amazing work around Lincolnshire!

10/08/2026

Strength in Cancer 💪

Strength classes for women living with and beyond cancer 🩷

This video gives you a taster of what our weekly Cancer Rehab sessions are like, lots of laughs whilst supporting each other through the ups and downs.

The Darkside Rising CIC - Strength in Cancer project is made possible with funding from the BNA charity and Lincolnshire Integrated Care Board, Shine Lincolnshire Mental Health and Wellbeing Community Investment Fund for Sustainability 💕

11/07/2026

Are you a qualified personal trainer looking to expand your scope of practice to include a range of long-term health conditions?

We're planning a brand new cohort for October, delivering the Active IQ Level 3 Diploma in Supporting Clients with Long-term Conditions. A mix of online learning and practical sessions in our gym in Lincoln, informed by our professional experience in adaptive physical activity over the past 6 years.

Benefit from small groups, person-centred delivery and a commitment to lived experience leadership. Our exceptional standards have been recognised by Active IQ through entry onto their Quality Charter.

We're in the planning stages at the moment, so drop us a message for further info 💜

09/07/2026

28 Days of Mindful Art is now hosted on LearnWorlds! And it's completely free 💜

This has been made possible with funding from The Cancer Related Health Inequalities VCFSE Grant Programme. It is delivered in partnership with LVET, the East Midlands Cancer Alliance and NHS Lincolnshire Integrated Care Board reducing inequalities in cancer care across Lincolnshire.

We're also developing CPD courses that explore our research into systemic trauma, and the lived experiences of cancer survivorship. Keep an eye out for updates on those.

For anyone who would like to explore mindfulness through the medium of pen and paper.

21/05/2026

Darkside Rising CIC needs your help!

If you have a spare minute please could you nominate us for the chance to win £5000 for the gym.

Please use the link below to nominate us.

We aren’t listed on their registered charities/CICs list, so please search for ‘Darkside’ then it will allow you to tick the ‘Registration Exempt’ box that’s just under the search bar.

You’ll then be able to enter our details -
Charity Name: Darkside Rising CIC
Charity type: Health

Thank you 🙏 💕

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