"If we care about communities, we must care for the people who hold them together."

Simpact Solutions CIC provides practical, person-centred health and wellbeing support for staff and volunteers in the community and voluntary sector.

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About Simpact Solutions

Simpact Solutions CIC was founded by Sean McKeown — a community health practitioner with over thirteen years of frontline experience in the community and voluntary sector across Craigavon and the wider Southern Trust area.

Since 2014, Sean has also been an active part of the Verve Healthy Living Network Craigavon — a partnership between a range of community and voluntary organisations and the Southern Health and Social Care Trust (SHSCT) — becoming one of its most recognised community ambassadors. In 2020, he became a qualified Community Health Trainer, further strengthening his practical health and wellbeing expertise and frontline delivery experience.

Sean also brings lived experience as a full-time carer — giving him a deep, personal understanding of the pressures faced by those who give so much of themselves in service of others, often at the expense of their own health and wellbeing.

"If we care about communities, we must care for the people who hold them together."

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Prioritising the Health and Wellbeing of Staff and Volunteers

It starts with a conversation. It grows into something lasting.

Everything Simpact does flows from one simple belief — that when you support the person, you strengthen the organisation, and when you strengthen the organisation, the whole community benefits.

The foundation

Health & Wellbeing Assessments

It starts here. A private, confidential, person-centred health check for staff and volunteers — because you can't support others if nobody is supporting you.

Body Composition Analysis (Height, Weight, BMI, Body Fat)
Blood Pressure Reading
Diabetes Risk Assessment
Carbon Monoxide (CO) Testing
Personalised feedback on every measurement
Simpact Health Tracking and Information Booklet

Private and confidential. No personal information is shared with your organisation.

The reach

Community Health Support

We don't wait for people to come to us. Working alongside partners and referral networks, we bring accessible health and wellbeing support into the spaces where people already are — community centres, foodbanks, sports clubs, faith groups and beyond.

The people behind the scenes

Volunteer Wellbeing

Volunteers hold communities together — and they're often the last to receive any support themselves. Simpact puts them at the centre, recognising their contribution and making sure their health and wellbeing is valued, not overlooked.

The bigger picture

Community Development

Wellbeing doesn't exist in isolation. Rooted in over thirteen years of sector experience, Simpact works with organisations to build the kind of culture, capacity and connection that makes communities genuinely stronger — not just healthier on paper.

The wider opportunity

Workplace Wellbeing Delivery

The same person-centred approach that works in community settings works in workplaces too. We bring our expertise into public and private sector organisations — creating healthier teams and generating the revenue that sustains our wider mission.

The quiet shift

More than delivering wellbeing.

Simpact exists to help change how Northern Ireland supports the people who support our communities.

Through frontline delivery, independent evaluation, research and partnerships, we are building the evidence needed to influence policy, improve practice and ensure preventative wellbeing becomes part of everyday community life.

Our aim isn't simply to deliver services.

It's to help create a future where every community organisation recognises that caring for staff and volunteers is just as important as caring for the communities they serve.

"Over the next five years, our ambition is to help create a sector where caring for the people who support our communities is simply part of how we sustain strong communities. That means investing not only in what we deliver, but in why it matters — bringing together earned income, public investment, Corporate investment & partnerships and philanthropy to help turn that belief into lasting change."

Community leaders collaborating to drive change in Northern Ireland

The Backbone Project - Pilot Programme — 25 Places Only*

Free health and wellbeing assessments for your staff and volunteers.

The Backbone Project is a first-of-its-kind pilot programme for 25 community and voluntary organisations — with free, on-site health and wellbeing assessments at its heart. We come to you, handle the delivery and make it easy for your people to take part, at no cost during the pilot phase.

We're looking for sports clubs, support groups, social enterprises, community groups, charities, faith organisations, youth clubs and everything in between — the people and places that hold communities together. Your experience, your people and your voice will help shape how health and wellbeing support is designed and delivered across the sector for years to come. In return, we ask for your honest feedback and your commitment to putting your people first.

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Download the Backbone Project overview

Free on-site health assessments

Delivered at your premises for your staff and volunteers — at no cost during the pilot.

A seat at the table

Your feedback directly shapes how this programme develops for the whole sector.

What's included

Blood pressure, BMI, cholesterol, blood glucose, mental wellbeing, lifestyle & physical activity checks — all delivered on-site.

Lasting impact

Help build a model of wellbeing support that outlives the pilot and benefits the sector for years to come.

Sports coach supporting community club volunteers

Foodbank volunteer serving the community

Community support worker helping a person in need

* The pilot programme includes up to 300 health and wellbeing assessments in total, shared across participating organisations. Not every member of staff or every volunteer will receive an assessment during the pilot phase — but every organisation will benefit, and every piece of feedback will help shape what comes next. We will discuss all of this once we receive your application.

Workplace Wellbeing

We bring the same person-centred approach that underpins our community work to workplaces of all sizes and sectors. Every organisation is different, so we begin with a free consultation to understand your people, your priorities and your goals. From there, we'll tailor a practical wellbeing programme that meets your needs. With short, half-day and full-days available, discover how we can support a healthier, more resilient workplace.

"Thank you once again for your support to our staff here at the Trust. We appreciate it and I am delighted today went so well and thank you for staying on longer to deliver the supports."
— Southern Health and Social Care Trust (March 2026)

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