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New Vacancy – Macmillan Torbay Community Engagement Coordinator

  We are seeking applications for a new post – Macmillan Torbay Community Engagement Coordinator. The role is home based with some travel required across Torbay. This is a fixed term contract for 2 years working 20 hours per week. For more information, please click on the link below to download the job description and … Continued

Notice of the Board of Trustees Annual General Meeting

Our Healthwatch Torbay and Engaging Communities South West Annual General Meeting (AGM) provides attendees the opportunity to hear the Chair’s report and a summary of the finances relating to last year’s organisational activities. The meeting will take place online on: Monday 25th July 2022 11am – 12 noon For further details, please email info@engagingcommunitiessouthwest.org.uk Company Name: … Continued

Our June E-News is out now

Our June E-News is out, featuring Si’s interview with Torbay Hospital Radio discussing the NHS Charities Together project, plus highlights from Healthwatch England’s visit to Devon last week, the launch of Digital Health Devon’s new YouTube channel and the latest news from Torbay’s Multicultural Network. Click here to download our June E-News

Local Healthwatch welcomes National Champion Healthwatch England to Devon

As one of the local Healthwatch partner organisations, we are pleased to welcome Healthwatch England Committee members to Devon today, where our Healthwatch staff will be accompanying NHS colleagues and Committee members on visits to various health and care settings within the county, including a vaccine outreach centre, maternal health services and an orthopaedic care … Continued

Get Involved – Help the NHS Tackle Waiting Lists in Devon

Healthwatch, one of our leading projects, have been asked to support the NHS in Devon to gather feedback about waiting lists in Devon for elective surgery and care. The role of Healthwatch in this exercise is to host a series of online focus groups to enable members of the public to be directly involved in … Continued

Latest News from Torbay Multicultural Network

We hope you enjoy reading the latest newsletter from Torbay Multicultural Network and seeing what they have been working on recently. Please make sure to read a really insightful piece from one of the members, Bruno. Bruno has reflected on the refugee crisis which is currently unfolding due to the war in Ukraine. Bruno is … Continued

Volunteer Trustee Vacancy – Treasurer

Could you be the new Treasurer on our Board of Trustees? Do you want to help local people and your community? Can you spare some time to support a new, exciting and dynamic charity? Are you interested in improving health and wellbeing for all in your area? Engaging Communities South West are a not-for-profit organisation … Continued

Healthwatch helping people to have their say in Torbay and South Devon

What Matters to You? – Share your feedback to help improve future NHS services in Torbay and South Devon Healthwatch in Devon, Plymouth and Torbay is run in partnership by three local organisations – Engaging Communities South West, Colebrook South West and Citizens Advice Devon. Local Healthwatch organisations were established as fully independent consumer champions … Continued