Building useful things around people, place and possibility.
Here / Now / Today is the parent organisation behind Vibe Dance Fitness, The Tees, The TEA, CommuniTees, ThriftyMap, Studies & Data and DigitalDev. Different projects, one shared purpose: reduce the friction between people and the things that might help.
In practice
Movement, connection and belonging
Place
Community made easier to find
66
anonymous before-and-after check-ins in our first published Vibe learning paper
12
published Here / Now courses
60
lessons in the new life-learning library
5
current Vibe class series
359
approved CommuniTees listings
Current snapshot refreshed 24 September 2026. Child-project figures are a point-in-time view and may change as their live systems are updated.
Useful right now
Start with what you actually need.
Here / Now is easier to understand when you start with the job you are trying to do. Learn something, move, find people, read what is happening locally, inspect our research or build something useful.
These routes point into the live projects themselves, so you get the most current information once you arrive.
12 free self-paced courses
Practical learning on stress, sleep, confidence, boundaries, connection, digital life, money and making everyday life easier.
Open Here / Now Learning5 current Vibe class series
Regular classes currently include Middlesbrough on Wednesdays at 6pm, Yarm on Thursdays at 7:30pm and Billingham on Sundays at 6pm, with current Redcar and RLD series also on the live schedule.
See the live Vibe schedule359 approved local listings
CommuniTees now covers groups, services, venues and opportunities across Darlington, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar & Cleveland and Stockton-on-Tees.
Find something near youWhat is happening across Tees Valley?
A recent story on The Tees looks inside Middlesbrough’s new Pitch! Sports Bar as the large new venue opens beneath the A66.
Read The TeesBuild a better thrifty day out
ThriftyMap helps people find charity shops, vintage stores, reuse projects and other second-hand places across its growing UK map, then turn nearby finds into a practical route.
Explore ThriftyMapPositive news from across the UK
The TEA looks for credible stories of people helping people, community action, creativity, philanthropy, useful progress and public good across the UK.
Read The TEACampfire pilot is active now
The six-week Connection, Regulation & Movement pilot began on 23 September and runs to 31 October, with a target group of 12 participants.
See studies and learning13 DigitalDev portfolio projects
The portfolio now includes First Light Home Solutions alongside Vibe, Here / Now, The Tees, CommuniTees and other practical digital products.
Explore DigitalDevHere / Now Learning
Four useful places to begin.
The learning library now has 12 published courses. These four cover some of the most common places people want practical help.
Mental Wellbeing
Stress Without the Spiral
Wellbeing & Life Skills
Build Your Better Week
Digital Life
Digital Life Without Losing Your Mind
Money & Life Skills
Money Without Shame
60
new lessons across the ten-course life-learning collection
20
lesson-specific video placements in the enriched learning library
24
curated research and further-learning resources
Why Here / Now exists
Social value is the work, not the garnish.
We build things that help people participate more easily: movement that feels less intimidating, directories that make community visible, local media that notices what is going right, research that asks better questions, and technology that makes useful organisations easier to run.
Accessible movement
Low-pressure movement designed around choice, confidence and belonging rather than performance or punishment.
Community infrastructure
Tools that help people discover groups, activities, services and local opportunities they might otherwise miss.
A healthier local information diet
Constructive local journalism that notices good work without pretending difficult things do not exist.
Open learning
Research, evaluation and whitepapers that turn everyday practice into evidence people can inspect, question and build on.
The family
Seven projects. One ecosystem.
Each project has its own identity and job to do. Here / Now holds the bigger picture, connects the learning and makes sure the work can strengthen the rest of the system.
Vibe Dance Fitness
Inclusive, fun-first dance fitness in real rooms and online. Vibe is where much of our practical wellbeing work begins, and where we can learn from what people actually experience.
Visit Vibe
The Tees
A positive local publication for Tees Valley, designed to make good news, community stories, culture and useful local information easier to find.
Read The TeesThe TEA
A UK-wide constructive news platform making more room for credible stories of community action, generosity, creativity, useful progress and public good.
Read The TEACommuniTees
A public directory helping people find local groups, services, spaces and opportunities, with practical information that makes turning up feel easier.
Explore CommuniTeesThriftyMap
A growing UK map of charity shops, vintage stores, reuse projects and other preloved places, with tools to discover nearby shops and build practical thrifty routes.
Explore ThriftyMapStudies & Data
Our research and evaluation work asks what is changing, what may be helping and where the limits of the evidence are. We publish the learning, not just the flattering bits.
See our researchDigitalDev
Websites, apps, workflows, data systems and automation built from the same product thinking we use across our own projects, then applied to organisations that need practical digital infrastructure.
Explore DigitalDevWe do not just run programmes. We study what happens.
Good intentions are not evidence. Our Studies & Data work is designed to make our learning more disciplined: clearer questions, transparent methods, anonymous aggregate reporting and limitations stated in plain English.
Published learning
The first Vibe learning paper
Built from 66 anonymous before-and-after check-ins. The early dataset shows a strong immediate positive pattern in mood, belonging and motivation, while the paper also sets out the weaknesses of the current data and what needs to improve before stronger claims can be made.
Active pilot
Campfire: Connection, Regulation & Movement
A six-week pilot exploring a screen-free, low-pressure movement space around music, repetition, shared rhythm and freedom to move. The study is looking at feasibility, acceptability, mental noise, tension, body connection, confidence and social connection.
Minimum necessary data
Methods people can inspect
Limitations published openly
What your support enables
Useful infrastructure for real life.
Time, revenue, partnerships and commissioned work help us keep developing public-benefit projects: accessible movement, community discovery, constructive local information, research and the digital systems behind them.
Here / Now / Today Ltd is an independent company. We describe the social-impact work plainly and avoid implying charitable status where it does not apply.
Partner with us
Help build the next useful thing.
We are interested in partners who care about participation, wellbeing, local connection, evidence and thoughtful technology. That might mean funding a pilot, commissioning a digital product, hosting a programme or exploring a research question together.