About

Roots and Resonance is a not-for-profit organisation founded in 2025 in Manchester and London, UK to advance education and personal development through nature-based and creative arts practices, weaving together psychological, ecological, artistic, and systemic approaches to address inequity and drive regenerative transformation across individuals, communities, and organisations.

Roots and Resonance aims to:

  • Provide accessible education and development opportunities through nature-based and creative approaches that address systemic barriers and promote equity.

  • Support individuals and organisations in developing capacity for sustainable, regenerative practices using outdoor learning and artistic expression.

  • Foster community resilience and cultural vitality through approaches that honour diversity as a source of collective strength.

  • Advance public understanding of interconnected relationships between personal wellbeing, organisational health, ecological sustainability, and cultural expression.

  • Contribute to social justice by addressing structural inequities through transformative learning that engages with natural environments and creative processes.

  • Promote access to nature and arts as essential elements of community wellbeing and healing.

Our Values

Interconnectedness — Recognising the deep relationships between people, nature, and systems, and honouring how each shapes the other.

Equity & Justice — Actively challenging structural inequities and ensuring access, inclusion, and fairness are central to all work.

Regeneration — Committing to practices that restore, renew, and sustain wellbeing in people, communities, and the natural world.

Creativity — Embracing artistic and expressive practices as legitimate and powerful tools for learning, healing, and transformation.

Wholeness — Integrating multiple ways of knowing — psychological, ecological, systemic, and creative — to support holistic development in every context.

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Our Team

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Rehana Begum

Co-Founder

Rehana has 20+ years experience, working as an Organisational Development Consultant with a specialism in Inclusion and interest in nature-aligned practices. She has focused on transformational change through relational and behavioural science and mindset shift, with a interest in evidence and research based practice. She is a great advocate for continuous learning and growth and is trained Gestalt Supervisor, NLP and Coach Mentor as well as a trained Kirkpatrick Evaluator at programmatic and organisational levels. She volunteers and has an interest in supporting young people from disadvantaged backgrounds. Rehana is volunteer coach and supporter of survivors of domestic violence and is also a volunteer coach supporter in addressing climate and environmental challenges.

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Co-Founder

Benjamin Cook

Benjamin Cook is a therapist, coach, facilitator and arts producer working with Gestalt and Buddhist psychology, symbolic modelling and nature-allied psychotherapy. He has worked in the culture sector for over 25 years as a CEO, producer, educator, writer and consultant supporting creativity and expression with individuals and organisations. He has run and consulted for charities, taught in higher education, produced cultural events, art works and supported many creative practitioners both in the UK and internationally.