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Are you ready to be a part of something truly impactful?  Join People First as a Advocacy Hub Helper and become a vital source of support and comfort for individuals in our…

Let us concentrate on what people can do, not what they can’t do. It’s too easy to see people with a learning disability and make assumptions. For example when asking someone's…

Learning Disability Awareness Week (June 17th–23rd) is an opportunity to hear what life is like if you have a learning disability. The focus this year is 'Do you see me?'…

Since my teenage years I have struggled with my mental health and this was made worse by alcohol misuse. It took me many years to accept, and ultimately led me to The Well. A…

Hi I'm Rosemary and I live near Kendal, which is where I came across the Healthwatch stand during a volunteer fair. Since expressing interest and completing the application…

I started volunteering at Healthwatch Cumberland in September 2023 as an engagement and signposting volunteer. I wanted to volunteer as I began to feel better after a long relapse…

In April 2024, we conducted a Diversity Audit and a Volunteer Survey to evidence who our volunteers are, which area they are volunteering in, and what they thought about their…

Healthwatch’s Community Forum goes from strength to strength, bringing together members of the public, the voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise sector, councillors,…