KATTY’S TERRITORY EMPOWER & SUPPORT CIC

What KATTY’S TERRITORY EMPOWER & SUPPORT CIC does

Katty's Territory Empower & Support CIC is a UK-registered Community Interest Company (CIC) co-founded by Katrina Brooks (Katty) and her mother Lilian Brooks, operating from Lewisham, London. The organization provides resources, workshops, motivational talks, and advocacy for two primary segments: young people managing long-term and invisible illnesses such as Juvenile Lupus (JSLE) and associated mental health conditions, and the parents and family members who care for them. Its foundation is the founders' lived experience — Katrina was diagnosed with JSLE at age nine in 2008, and Lilian is a former social worker and current school governor who has navigated the care system as a parent carer.

The CIC's product portfolio comprises resource packs, interactive workshops, motivational and empowering speeches, branded 'Katty's Territory Empowering Merchandise,' and two proprietary frameworks: the '7 Stages of Managing a Long Term Illness' (2022) and the '7 Tips on Being an Effective Carer' (2023). There is no proprietary technology platform — the underlying delivery is content-and-community-based, distributed via a Wix-hosted website (kattysterritory.com), an active blog, and social channels on Facebook, X, YouTube, and Instagram. The organization maintains no mobile applications, no public APIs, and no integrations.

Go-to-market is community-led: the founders attend and present at local events such as IMAGO's Lewisham Carers Week and Carer's Rights Day, manage information stalls, and publish advocacy content through trade outlets including Lupus UK's News & Views magazine and RARE Revolution Magazine. Revenue is generated through sales of resource packs, workshops, talks, and merchandise; pricing is not publicly disclosed. The CIC operates as a non-profit social enterprise with no external investors, no parent company, and no subsidiaries, and intends to expand its geographic footprint beyond Lewisham to other London boroughs and communities.

Name

KATTY’S TERRITORY EMPOWER & SUPPORT CIC

Legal name

KATTY'S TERRITORY EMPOWER & SUPPORT CIC

Website

https://kattysterritory.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Katty's Territory Empower & Support CIC is a UK Community Interest Company co-founded by Katrina and Lilian Brooks that provides resource packs, workshops, talks, and merchandise to young people with long-term and invisible illnesses and their carers, based in Lewisham with planned geographic expansion.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community and Social Services (Patient Advocacy and Carer Support)

NAICS

Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (624120), Other Individual and Family Services (624190)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Parent/Caregiver Training & Family Consultation (ABA) (EDAKAHAG)

Keywords

• Patient advocacy services
• Carer support programs
• Chronic illness workshops
• Community empowerment
• Health resources publishing

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Others

Revenue model

1. Resource Packs: The CIC sells resource packs as a revenue stream to support young people and carers navigating health, educational, and care services.
2. Workshops and Talks: The CIC offers workshops and motivational/empowering speeches to generate revenue while fulfilling its community mission.
3. Katty's Territory Empowering Merchandise: The CIC sells branded empowering merchandise as a revenue stream.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Katty's Territory Empower & Support CIC provides resource packs, workshops, talks, and motivational speeches, alongside branded empowering merchandise, for young people with long-term and invisible illnesses and their carers. The organization develops original educational content such as the '7 Stages of Managing a Long Term Illness' guide and the '7 Tips on Being an Effective Carer' guide, leveraging the founders' lived experience to deliver empowerment-focused services.

Product overview

Katty's Territory Empower & Support CIC operates as a services-based CIC offering a portfolio of support products for young people with long-term illnesses and their carers. The core offerings include Resource Packs, Workshops, Talks/Motivational Speeches, and Empowering Merchandise. Additionally, the company provides educational guides including the '7 Stages on Managing an Illness' (developed by Katrina) and '7 Tips on Being an Effective Carer' (developed by Lilian). The company focuses on the Lewisham borough but aims to expand to other communities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Resource Packs Educational and informational resource packs designed to help young people with long-term illnesses and their carers navigate health, educational, and care services.
• Workshops Interactive workshops delivered to groups of young people and carers on topics related to managing long-term illness, advocacy, and empowerment.
• Talks / Motivational & Empowering Speeches Motivational speaking engagements delivered by the founders sharing personal experiences of living with and caring for someone with a long-term illness, aimed at inspiring and empowering audiences.
• Katty's Territory Empowering Merchandise Branded merchandise items designed to promote empowerment and raise awareness for young people with invisible illnesses and long-term health conditions.
• 7 Stages on Managing an Illness A structured guide based on Katrina's personal experiences covering symptoms, diagnosis, learning, treatment, grief, adapting, and acceptance for managing long-term illnesses.
• 7 Tips on Being an Effective Carer Lilian's guide offering practical advice for carers covering self-care, information gathering, empowerment, seeking help, respite, and patient/carer participation.

Quantifiable outcome

• The CIC was invited to several community groups and future work within the council following its presentation at Lewisham Carer's Rights Day 2024, indicating growing recognition and reach.

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• IMAGO (Lewisham services for unpaid carers)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 November 2024IMAGO hosted Carer's Rights Day on 21 November 2024. Katty's Territory CIC was invited to attend, manage an information stall, and deliver a presentation about their journey and ambitions. The event led to further invitations to community groups and future council collaborations.
• IMAGO (Lewisham services for unpaid carers)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 June 2024IMAGO, Lewisham's service for unpaid carers, hosted Carers Week 2024 (10-16 June) and invited Katty's Territory CIC to attend, network, and present. The CIC shared its story and similar aims of empowering young people and carers, and was invited to future community groups and council work as a result.
• McPin Foundation (Young People Advisory Group)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerKatrina Brooks became a member of the McPin Foundation Young People Advisory Group (YPAG) in December 2018. The McPin Foundation conducts research to raise the profile of young people in shaping mental health policies and services. Katty attended the launch of McPin's 'Right People, Right Questions' research at the Houses of Parliament.
• Rare Youth RevolutionminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerKatrina Brooks participated in Rare Youth Revolution's Genetics Project in 2023, working alongside the organization to discuss genetic inheritance and its relevance to her rare disease experience. She was also interviewed for RARETalks about living with Lupus.
• Lupus UKminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerKatrina Brooks works with Lupus UK writing articles to raise awareness of young people with Lupus, with her work published in Lupus UK's News & Views magazine. Lupus UK has been key in providing information and support to both Katty and her mother Lilian.
• UCLpartner's / Dr Erin WalkerminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDr Erin Walker (Patient Insight and Involvement Lead for UCLpartner's) invited Katty to the Cochrane Conference in Edinburgh in 2018, and co-presented research findings with her on involving children and young people in mental health research.
• Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH)minorOthersKatrina Brooks was referred to Great Ormond Street Hospital for further medical treatment after her JSLE diagnosis at age nine. GOSH played a key role in her care journey and transition to adult services.
• University College London Hospital (UCLH)minorOthersNicola Daly, a nurse at UCLH, has supported Katty through the transition from GOSH to UCLH adolescent and young adult services, helping make complex medical information easier to understand.
• Lewisham CouncilminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFollowing Carer's Rights Day 2024, Katty's Territory CIC was invited to future work within the council to promote the role of carers and the voice of young people with long-term illnesses and disabilities. Local Lewisham councillors attended the event to show their support.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Together for Short Lives: UK charity for children with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions and their families. Comparable for its focus on family/carer empowerment and navigation of complex health, social-care, and education systems.
• Contact (for families with disabled children): UK charity supporting families of disabled children with advice on health, education, and social care. Comparable as both empower parent-carers to navigate bureaucratic systems and advocate for their children's voice in service design.
• Mind: UK's leading mental-health charity. Comparable because the CIC explicitly addresses the depression and anxiety that accompany long-term physical illness in young people, overlapping Mind's audience for youth mental-health information and support.
• Lupus UK: The national UK charity for lupus support, awareness, and research. Directly relevant because the CIC's primary founder lives with Juvenile Lupus and has published in Lupus UK's News & Views magazine, making it both a content partner and a comparable advocacy body.
• Teenage Cancer Trust: UK charity providing specialist nursing and emotional support for young people with cancer. Comparable as both serve adolescents and young adults navigating long-term illness, hospital systems, and the disruption to education and social life.
• Carers Trust: The UK's largest charity for unpaid carers, with a network of local carer services. Comparable as both serve the parent-carer population the CIC's co-founder Lilian represents, and both deliver information, peer support, and empowerment resources.
• Young Lives vs Cancer: National charity supporting children and young people with cancer and their families. Comparable as a larger organisation serving young people with serious long-term illnesses and their carers through advocacy, information, and emotional support.

Direct peers

• McPin Foundation: UK mental-health research charity running a Young People Advisory Group (YPAG) that the founder joined in 2018. Comparable as both involve young people with lived experience of chronic conditions shaping research and services.
• IMAGO (Lewisham services for unpaid carers): Lewisham's dedicated service for unpaid carers and a current host partner of the CIC. Directly comparable as both serve Lewisham-based unpaid carers with information, events, and advocacy support, often with overlapping audiences.
• Rare Youth Revolution: A youth-led rare-disease advocacy platform producing RARETalks, RARESummit, and magazine content. Highly comparable as both serve young people with rare and invisible illnesses through multimedia advocacy, speaking platforms, and lived-experience storytelling.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/KattysTerritory
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UC8p2CS0dky2S140gVA_n_gg
• Facebookfacebook.com/KattysTerritory
• Instagraminstagram.com/kattysterritory

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Profiles2 records

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