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Ways to contact your GP
Ways to contact your GP and beat the 8am rush GP practices are often the first-place people go for health advice or treatment but it’s

Healthy appetite for Poems, Pies and Pals
Healthy appetite for Poems, Pies and Pals Those who attended Poems, Pies and Pals at the Dudson Centre recently have praised the “sense of community”

Winter pressures – what you can do to help!
Winter pressures – what you can do to help! This week Royal Stoke University Hospital declared a “critical incident” and has asked the public to

Meet Michelle – who has joined our Community Health Champions
Meet Michelle – one of our most recent recruits! We are continuing to grow our Community Health Champions and want to say a warm welcome

Champion Spotlight – Headway North Staffordshire
Headway is helping survivors of brain injury A brain injury can happen to anyone at any time. It may be caused by trauma such as

December Community Newsletter
This month our news round-up features Winter checklist What service to use Caring for yourself and your neighbours Please download, print and share within your

And the winners are…
And the winners are… We are delighted to announce the recipients of the latest round of our Tackling Health Inequalities grant funding. Projects ranging from

Barriers to young people getting the HPV vaccine
Barriers to young people getting the HPV vaccine Young people and their parents don’t know enough about a vaccine which aims to protect against cancer

Rounding off 2025 on a healthy note
Rounding off 2025 on a healthy note Thanks to our Community Health Champions who were able to join our festive catch-up last week and who

Call to use antibiotics wisely!
Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board (ICB) is joining the global call to use antibiotics wisely. Bacteria are becoming resistant to medicines at an alarming

Community Health Champions Community Newsletter November 2025
This month our news round-up features Information on NHS health and wellbeing event at the Gurdwara, Stoke Details of a Poems, Pies and Pals inclusion

New health resources for City’s sign language users
New health resources for City’s sign language users 1 in 5 of Stoke-on-Trent’s residents are deaf or hard of hearing. The charity dDeaflinks Staffordshire aims

Staffordshire Police launch Operation Sparkler
Operation Sparkler aims to keep communities safe Staffordshire Police have launched an operation to tackle anti-social behaviour in the run-up to Halloween and Bonfire Night.

Help inform the future of sexual health services
Help inform the future of sexual health services in the city Stoke-on-Trent residents aged 16 and over are being asked to share their experience and

October is Menopause Awareness Month
October is Menopause Awareness Month Menopause Awareness Month shines a light on the experiences of women going through menopause, promoting education, support and empowerment. The

Exploring loneliness, connection and stronger neighbourhoods
Exploring loneliness, connections and stronger neighbourhoods The issue of loneliness was identified as an important theme for further exploration in a consultation carried out by

October Community Newsletter
Community Health Champions Community Newsletter – October 2025 Download PDF Share to your Facebook Share to your X feed Send via WhatsApp Email to a

Grant applications are now OPEN!
Grant Applications are now OPEN Our Tackling Health Inequalities Grants Programme is back! Grants of up to £5,000 are now available to support Community Health