Volunteering Spotlight: Will's Story

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…

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Volunteering Spotlight: Rosemary's Story

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…

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Volunteering Spotlight: Samantha's Story

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…

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Volunteering: Volunteer Experience, Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

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…

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Are you coming to the next Community Forum?

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

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Dying matters: Support in your area

Hospice UK's awareness week 'Dying Matters Awareness Week 2024' is period that encourages us all to get talking. This year's theme focuses on the language that we use,…

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Dying Matters Awareness Week

Dying Matters Awareness Week is a campaign that has been set up by Hospice UK, with the goal to encourage communities across the UK to talk about the language we use when we talk…

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Healthwatch Cumberland's April news

We can hardly believe that we are in April already! We have been incredibly busy at Healthwatch Cumberland.Below, you can find out what we have been up to this month. Healthwatch…

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East Lancashire Voices: Spring newsletter

Catch up with the latest news from our East Lancashire Voices Self-Advocacy group in our Spring Newsletter If you would like to know more about our self advocacy groups please…

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