DOSE Fest

DOSE Fest Wellbeing festival built on joy, connection and community
☀️ For 0-99 years
Rooted in the science of DOSE
📅 18 July 2026
📍Chelmsford 👇 Get involved

There’s a LOT that goes on behind the scenes to make DOSE Fest happen, and we’re looking for someone brilliant and organ...
05/09/2026

There’s a LOT that goes on behind the scenes to make DOSE Fest happen, and we’re looking for someone brilliant and organised to join the team and help us keep everything moving.

Our Administration & Festival Support Volunteer will work closely with our Operational Lead and wider team, supporting the communications, information and practical details involved in building towards DOSE Fest 2027.

You could be helping manage enquiries, communicating with vendors and activity providers, keeping information and spreadsheets organised, following up forms and documents, and generally helping us stay on top of all those moving parts.

You don’t need festival experience. We’re looking for someone who is organised, dependable, friendly, confident communicating by email and good at following things through.

It’s a chance to gain genuine experience in administration, communication and event coordination while becoming part of a growing community wellbeing project.

2–4 hours per week | Predominantly remote | Voluntary
With opportunities to get involved in DOSE Fest events and activities.

Interested? Find out more and apply via www.dosefest.co.uk

And if you know someone who would be great at this, please send it their way.

We’re growing the DOSE Fest team!Following the success of our first festival, we’re already building towards DOSE Fest 2...
04/09/2026

We’re growing the DOSE Fest team!

Following the success of our first festival, we’re already building towards DOSE Fest 2027, and we’re looking for a creative, enthusiastic volunteer to help us tell the story along the way.

As our Social Media & Content Creation Volunteer, you’ll help turn our content plans into engaging posts, stories, graphics and short-form content, as well as bringing your own ideas to the mix.

You’ll work alongside the DOSE Fest team and an experienced branding and marketing strategist, gaining hands-on experience while helping us grow a movement focused on happier, healthier and more connected communities.

This could be a great opportunity if you’re a student, graduate, emerging creative, or simply someone who loves social media and wants to build real-world experience and a portfolio of published work.

2–4 hours per week | Predominantly remote | Voluntary
With opportunities to get involved in DOSE Fest events and activities.

Interested? Find out more and apply via www.dosefest.co.uk

Please share with anyone who might be perfect for this.

Lasting wellbeing doesn’t happen in isolation.It grows through connection, shared experiences and people showing up for ...
02/09/2026

Lasting wellbeing doesn’t happen in isolation.

It grows through connection, shared experiences and people showing up for each other.

Support makes it easier.
Community makes it sustainable.

That’s the kind of environment DOSE Fest is creating.

Share this with someone you’d want by your side. 💛

28/08/2026

🙋 VOLUNTEERING DOESN’T JUST
CHANGE SOMEONE ELSE’S LIFE… IT CAN CHANGE
YOURS TOO!

The lovely Sally and Lorraine from Chelmsford CVS
gave up their time on Saturday 18th July to join the
wider Chelmsford community at our inaugural DOSE
Fest in Broomfield.

We were delighted that they brought their volunteering
service beyond the city centre, meeting people who
might not otherwise discover the opportunities and
support available to them.

Volunteering is about giving your time, but it can give
so much back to you too: purpose, confidence, new
skills, friendships, experience and that incredibly
important feeling of belonging to something.

Whether you can offer a few hours occasionally or
would like to make a more regular commitment, there
are opportunities to suit different interests, abilities
and stages of life.

We are incredibly grateful to Sally, Lorraine and the
wider team - not only for being part
of the day, but for their support throughout the process
as we prepared to deliver our very first event. 💜

This is why community events like DOSE Fest matter.
They bring organisations and services out into our
neighbourhoods, helping them connect with people
they may otherwise miss.

🙋 I am curious.... If you could volunteer your time to
support one cause, what would it be?

And if you missed DOSE Fest 2026? Why not sign up
to volunteer at DOSE Fest next year? Watch this
space!




DOSE Fest was created around the belief that people can play an active role in their own wellbeing, especially when they...
26/08/2026

DOSE Fest was created around the belief that people can play an active role in their own wellbeing, especially when they have access to the right support, knowledge and opportunities within their community.

Following the very first DOSE Fest, Cllr Julia Frascona, Deputy Mayor of Chelmsford 2026–2027, shared:

“Your vision of a community-based Festival which helps people to understand that they can have real agency in their own lives and improve their physical and mental wellbeing themselves by engaging with services, organisations, charities and practitioners within their local area has immense potential to make a real difference to the quality of people's lives in Chelmsford.

I was extremely impressed and spoke to many stall holders and members of the public who were also impressed and grateful for all you and your team are doing for the community.”

Thank you, Julia, for joining us on the day and for your support of the vision behind DOSE Fest.

The first festival was just the beginning. Now we want to build on what we started and create even more opportunities for people to connect, learn and take an active role in their wellbeing.

Join our mailing list on our website to follow the next chapter.

25/08/2026

🌟 INSPIRING HOPE IN A CYNICAL WORLD MIGHT JUST BE THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT WE DO!

At DOSE Fest, the wonderful Patrick Regan OBE - our keynote speaker and founder of .life - shared an important reminder about where we place our attention.

Our screens and news feeds can leave us feeling overwhelmed by bad news. Once we begin scrolling, negative algorithms can make it feel as though everything around us is going wrong.

Yet, when we lift our eyes and look around our real communities, we often see a very different story. People who are decent and kind. People who care about one another. People who genuinely want the best for their communities.

Patrick told us that he hoped DOSE Fest would be “a stepping stone to something bigger” - and that is exactly our hope too. 💛

DOSE Fest was never created to be just one day. It is the beginning of a wider movement towards happier, healthier and more connected communities, built upon the hope and energy we can create together.

Thank you to for joining us, sharing his wisdom and bringing such an honest and hopeful message to the DOSE Fest stage.

🌟 I am curious.... Where have you seen kindness, hope or community in action recently?

Follow us so you dont miss out on information about DOSE FEst 2027!

DOSE Fest was created to make wellbeing feel accessible, practical and rooted within community life.Cllr Natacha Dudley,...
23/08/2026

DOSE Fest was created to make wellbeing feel accessible, practical and rooted within community life.

Cllr Natacha Dudley, Cabinet Member for Health and Wellbeing, shared:

“Chelmsford City Council is proud to support DOSE Fest because it brings together culture, community and wellbeing in a way that makes a real difference to residents' lives. While Chelmsford enjoys strong overall health outcomes, we know there are still pockets of significant health inequality.

Dose Fest helps tackle challenges such as social isolation, poor mental health and inactivity by taking support, opportunities and services directly into communities. It is a great example of preventative, neighbourhood-based delivery in action, helping people access the connections and support they need closer to home. In doing so, Dose Fest demonstrates Chelmsford's commitment to the principles of the NHS 10-Year Plan, putting prevention, community and wellbeing at the heart of local delivery.”

We are proud that the first DOSE Fest helped turn these ideas into something people could see, feel and take part in.

The work continues.

Join our mailing list on our website to follow the next chapter.

22/08/2026

😂 WELLBEING STARTS FROM WITHIN… SOMETIMES WE JUST NEED A LITTLE PROMPTING TO SEE IT!

As one of our two Main Stage co-hosts alongside Samantha Stone, our Laughter Yoga Queen facilitated Myra’s panel interview and immediately recognised how closely the values at the heart of DOSE Fest aligned with her own.

DOSE Fest is about far more than a single day - and Cat could see it. She first heard Myra share the seed of this idea towards the end of last year. On Saturday 18th July, she was able to stand in the middle of DOSE Fest and see what Myra had created from it: a living, breathing community filled with movement, conversation, connection and joy.

For Cat, Laughter Yoga is an important part of that journey. Laughter does not pretend that life’s heavier feelings are not there. It gives us an opportunity to release some of their weight, reconnect with our bodies and create a little more space for lightness.

We believe that wellbeing begins within us. Sometimes, however, we need a little permission, gentle prompting and the right support to help us reconnect with what is already there. That is what DOSE Fest was created to offer: a safe and welcoming space to pause, explore, try something different and discover what supports your own wellbeing. 💛

Thank you to for believing in the vision from its earliest beginnings, co-hosting our Main Stage and filling the day with laughter, warmth and energy.

😂 I am curious.... What helps you release life’s heavier feelings and reconnect with your own joy?

Watch this space for information about DOSE Fest 2027!

21/08/2026

🤝 IN A “TRUST RECESSION”… REAL-LIFE CONNECTION MATTERS MORE THAN EVER!

At DOSE Fest, Samantha Stone - one of our wonderful Main Stage co-hosts and the Creative Director of - reflected on why 'real-life community events like the one Myra has created' through DOSE Fest are so important.

At a time when many of us are questioning what we see, hear and experience online, trust is replenished differently: face to face, through genuine conversations, shared experiences and simply spending time together.

For Samantha, one of the highlights of DOSE Fest was the opportunity that everyone experienced, to connect with new people and try different activities without pressure, expectation or any need to be “good” at them. Just the freedom to explore, be curious and enjoy the experience.

That is exactly what DOSE Fest was created for - a safe and welcoming space where people can connect, discover something new and find their own healthier dose of happiness. 💜

Thank you to for bringing so much warmth and energy to our Main Stage, and for capturing so beautifully why these spaces matter.

🤝 I am curious.... When did you last step into a new space, meet someone new or try something simply because it felt good?

And if you missed DOSE Fest 2026? We’ll be sharing details about our next event soon, so follow us and watch this space.

DOSE Fest was built around a simple idea.Supporting health should not only begin once someone reaches crisis point.Commu...
19/08/2026

DOSE Fest was built around a simple idea.

Supporting health should not only begin once someone reaches crisis point.
Communities also need accessible spaces where people can connect, learn, move, ask questions, discover support and explore practical ways to look after their wellbeing.

James Halden, Chief of Staff at NHS Essex, shared:

“I was so deeply impressed with the event. It’s rare to be able to see children having fun while adults learn about health and care all at the same venue! Community wellbeing isn’t found in a clinical building or the result of an NHS contract - it’s found in events like DOSE Fest. Can’t wait for the next one!”

We are proud that the first DOSE Fest created space for health, learning, families and community to come together in one place.

And yes, there will be more.

Join the DOSE mailing list on our website to hear what comes next.

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