
Hong Zhou
Founder, Mile Rainbow CIC
Hong Zhou is a preventive medicine specialist (MBBS MSc MPH MHFA) and founder of Mile Rainbow CIC (MR.CIC), a London-based social enterprise delivering culturally responsive mental health solutions. With experience in the NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Centre and mental health initiatives, and informed by her lived experience of immigration and trauma, she created the Preventive Emotional Vaccine (PEV) to address mental health inequalities before they become crises.
Since 2022, MR.CIC has run 40 projects reaching 3,700 participants, 80% from underserved BAME communities, and raised over £183,000 from 14 funders, including the NHS, Compass Wellbeing, local councils, the London Marathon Foundation, and Groundwork. The organisation has also gained national recognition, including winning the Enterprise for All Award 2025, and finalist positions for the National B.A.M.E Health & Care Awards, NatWest SE100, BDO Social Enterprise, and WISE100 2025.
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