Butterfly Beacons Community Interest Company

The CIC started in 2020. During the financial year 1 December 2024 to 30 November 2025, Butterfly Beacons continued to provide opportunities for people within the local community to connect with others, develop creative skills, build confidence and support their emotional wellbeing. Our Crafty Coffee offer continued to provide a welcoming and informal space for people to meet others, helping to reduce loneliness and social isolation. Through creative activities, shared skills and lived experiences, participants were able to learn new crafts, develop friendships and build confidence. Where appropriate, members were also signposted to local community services and sources of support. Our Creative Circle continued to provide a regular opportunity for women and families to come together through creativity, conversation and shared experiences. During the year, the Friday Creative Circle moved to Elliot Hall in South Wigston, providing a more established community base where members could continue to develop creative skills, build supportive relationships and contribute to their local community. During the financial year, Butterfly Beacons delivered and participated in a range of community events and activities, alongside our regular Creative Circle and community singing sessions and the continued use of Rosa, our community bus. We provided and supported the following activities: • December 2024 – South Wigston Christmas Capers, Menphys/Elliot Hall: We pro-vided free family craft activities and supported a community craft fair, creating opportuni-ties for local families to participate in creativity and connect with others within their community. • January 2025 – Creative Circle moved to Elliot Hall, South Wigston: We relocated our Friday Creative Circle to Elliot Hall, providing a regular community space where women could come together, develop creative skills, share experiences and build sup-portive relationships. • March 2025 – Women’s Circle Celebration Event, Elliot Hall, South Wigston: We brought women together through a shared celebration, supporting connection, friend-ship, confidence and emotional wellbeing. • March 2025 – VE Day Event, Elliot Hall, South Wigston: We supported a community event which provided opportunities for local people to come together, participate in cre-ative activities and celebrate collectively. • April 2025 – Free Easter Crafts Event, Elliot Hall, South Wigston: We delivered free family craft activities, providing an inclusive opportunity for families to be creative to-gether and engage with their local community. • June 2025 – Rosa Interior Refurbishment: Staff and volunteer members worked to-gether to complete an interior refurbishment of Rosa, our community bus. This helped maintain and improve the bus as a welcoming and functional space for community ac-tivities, creative sessions and engagement. • June 2025 – Langmoor Primary School 70th Birthday Event, Oadby: We participat-ed in the school's community celebration, providing opportunities for children and fami-lies to engage in creative activities and strengthening our connections with the wider community in Oadby. • August 2025 – Fairfield Charity Funday: Butterfly Beacons provided free family crafts and supported a community craft fair, giving families an opportunity to take part in crea-tive activities while contributing to a wider local community fundraising event. • September 2025 – Wellfest Festival, Blaby Road Park, South Wigston: We partici-pated in the local wellbeing festival, engaging with residents and other community or-ganisations and sharing information about the activities and support available through Butterfly Beacons. • September–November 2025 – Free Community Singing Sessions, Elliot Hall, South Wigston: We delivered free community singing sessions, providing an accessi-ble opportunity for local people to come together through a shared creative activity, de-velop social connections and support their wellbeing. Throughout the year, Rosa, our community bus, continued to be an important part of our community offer, bringing creative activities and opportunities for connection into local communities. Alongside our regular Creative Circle, community events and singing sessions, this enabled Butterfly Beacons to provide welcoming opportunities for people to participate, learn, connect and feel part of their community. Through these activities, Butterfly Beacons continued to work towards its community interest purpose by using creativity, connection, shared skills and lived experience to support wellbeing, reduce social isolation and create opportunities for people to feel welcomed, valued and connected within their communities.