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We are pleased to present Healthwatch Middlesbrough's Annual Report for 2024/25.

A Way Out is an outreach and prevention charity which aims to engage, empower and equip vulnerable and excluded women, families and young people to live lives free from harm, abuse and exploitation and to reduce life limiting choices and behaviour.

Survivors of sexual violence often face barriers to cervical screening. Survivors, Arch, Public Health, the ICB, Healthwatch Middlesbrough and community organisations came together to create a trauma-informed card that helps survivors communicate their needs, without having to disclose past trauma.

We’re incredibly proud to present our very first Spotlight Award to someone who has quietly but powerfully shaped the work we do—Ian Holtby, a long-standing volunteer member of the HWST Board.

Introducing our Spotlight Award – Recognising Outstanding Contributions Across South Tees

This week, Sleights Court in Guisborough hosted one of our regular get-togethers, bringing together local community champions and volunteers for a session focused on how to improve access to health and social care for all.

Support time Recovery (STR) workers provide practical support, advice, and guidance to individuals with mental health challenges and/or learning disabilities and who are currently in hospital.

I work for ACT Recovery Solutions, a free and confidential drug and alcohol treatment service based in Middlesbrough.

As Co-founder of Connect360, I support legal migrants with No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) across the Tees Valley area, helping them navigate barriers related to health access, employment, and social integration.

Going For Independence is a Community Interest Company which was established in 2008 to help people to find the right equipment and impartial advice to help them to stay independent.

Sharon's role is to introduce Probation to those that have been to Court and given a Community Order or Suspended Sentence, which they have to complete in the Community.

Launched last year by North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board (ICB), the Big Conversation heard from almost 5,000 women as part of a programme aiming to make the region a driving force for better women's health.

The new report - published by the region's independent Healthwatch network - used a regionwide survey and a series of focus groups to better understand what matters to women about their health.

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