Dr Charity Chenga
Co-Founder — Research & Innovation · Impact & Partnerships
Read Charity’s story →“I bring the heart of Ubuntu and the discipline of a senior researcher, strategist and clinician.”
How it began
It started, as the best things often do, with a chance meeting. Dr Charity Chenga and Lydia Moore — both originally from Zimbabwe, both having made Wiltshire their home — got talking in a Warminster supermarket, and discovered a shared belief: that the town was missing a place where people could simply belong.
In January 2025 they opened the doors of The Wellbeing Hub in a former carpet shop at 36 High Street. It was largely self-funded, and the community rallied around it from day one. What began as an idea quickly became a gathering point, a place where culture, care, knowledge and joy could sit together under one roof.
The founders bring their own professional journeys — Lydia's work in early years learning and children's mental health and in African dance, Charity's nursing, research and international expertise — and combine them into something that serves the whole community: African and non-African, long-settled and newly arrived. In early 2026 The Hub became a Community Interest Company, formalising its commitment to reinvest everything it does back into the people it serves.
Where our story begins
Roots in Zimbabwe
The founders
Lydia Moore
Co-Founder — Community & Culture
Read Lydia’s story →“The art of music, dance and togetherness brings me so much joy and life. I absolutely love meeting people of all ages and backgrounds and dancing with them — I feel so fortunate to be able to spread this invigorating feeling.”
Tsungayi Christina Kangere
Community Advocate — Dementia Awareness & Hospitality
Read Tsungayi’s story →“I believe every conversation, every act of kindness, and every shared meal has the power to change someone's life.”
What we believe
Community is the cure
Health, belonging and thriving are not individual achievements. They happen in relationship with others.
Heritage is a resource
African knowledge, practice and tradition has something to offer everyone. Not as novelty, but as wisdom.
Evidence matters
We don't guess at what communities need. We listen, research and build programmes that reflect reality.
Connection is transformative
When different people meet — across age, culture, background or geography — something new becomes possible.
Life at the Hub
A place that's always alive
