Health and social care champions, Newcastle Healthwatch and Gateshead Healthwatch, are looking to recruit volunteers who want to make a difference to local services.
Volunteers play a vital role in helping people have their say on health and social care. Volunteering with Healthwatch can help develop skills, gain experience and...
A North East based social enterprise has secured funding to pilot a new innovative service to delay the onset of dementia.
Unforgettable Experiences will provide creative, interactive and practical support to older people to help them to participate in a series of weekly arts, cultural and heritage activities online....
September 2023 – Cardiologists from Freeman Hospital and UK initiative, Valve for Life, will be offering FREE heart checks on a heart bus in an attempt to find people who could be unaware that they have heart valve disease.
In the UK as many as one in 10...
New research released today suggests that the North East public would back Government plans to include health and nutritional information on alcohol products.
If you didn’t know a glass of wine can contain similar calories as a slice of pizza, or a pint of lager similar to a Mars Bar...
News that a COVID-19 vaccine is set to be manufactured on Teesside has been welcomed by the National Horizons Centre which will provide vital training to the vaccine manufacturing workforce.
Sixty-million doses of the Novavax vaccine are set to be manufactured in Stockton-on-Tees by FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies (FDB) with the...
Wag and Company, which tackles loneliness and isolation among older and vulnerable people in the region, is focusing its efforts on non-contact initiatives to keep in touch with those in need during the government's lockdown.
While prioritising attempts to recoup lost fundraising revenue, the charity is being ambitious and continuing...
Throughout December 2020, renowned runner and Guinness World Record holder, Ben Blowes, will be running 31 marathons in 31 days, as part of Tom’s Trust’s 31 Stars campaign to fundraise for the vital provision of psychological and mental health care for children with brain tumours in the Newcastle and...
Christmas is just around the corner and a fantastic present for Healthwatch Newcastle would be the appointment of a new Chair for its Healthwatch Committee.
Healthwatch Newcastle gathers and represents the views and experiences of children and adults on local health and social care services. They analyse and act upon...
Every five minutes someone is diagnosed with cervical, ovarian, uterine/endometrial, vaginal or vulvar cancer
According to The Foundation for Women’s Cancer every five minutes, someone will be diagnosed with gynaecological cancers including cervical, ovarian, uterine/endometrial, vaginal and vulval, and over 33,000 will die from gynecological cancer this year.
This is why...
North Tyneside Youth Dance (NTYD) emerges as a recently established youth dance initiative, launched by acclaimed choreographer Anthony Lo-Giudice.
It finds its home at The Exchange 1856, situated in North Shields.
Starting from September 5th, 2023, this program welcomes young dancers aged 8-18 to participate in weekly classes on Tuesday...
