February 2025

The Maltings means many things to many people. It’s been at the heart of many residents’ stories for 35 years. Inevitably, people have a lot of questions about our future; these are the ones we’ve been hearing most often.

Tell Healthwatch Northumberland what you think of NHS and social care services in their Annual Survey and help them set their work for the coming year. Your views and experiences continue to help decision makers understand key local issues and how well services are working for you, your family and our communities.

Northern Cancer Voices are seeking feedback from anyone who has had a cancer diagnosis to share feedback on their experience (this is different to any complaints or issues that are referred to PALS). This feedback is used to improve cancer services and care and also identify what works well.

Welcome to February’s edition of Northumberland Libraries’ monthly newsletters

Here is the core timetables for each of the 4 localities in Northumberland, containing all NRC sessions, both in person and online. The timetables contain live links for each session which should take you to further information on their website

The Wildlife Trusts are working with the NHS on the ‘Let the NHS know #NatureHelps!’ campaign. They really want to know supporter’s views on how public health can benefit by being in nature. The NHS and The Wildlife Trusts are also interested in hearing about ideas in your community which help you to stay well or help you manage any health problems you may have. Complete the survey now.

Choppington Disability Group is a support network to give a voice to disabled people and carers from the Choppington area

The Missing Lynx Project is a partnership project investigating the possibility of reintroducing lynx to England.

This is different from our monthly report in that it takes a longer-term view of our work, with the aim of identifying any trends that may be developing, as opposed to the ‘snap shots’ in the monthly reports