Canva templates and assets

Guidance - 22 May 2025

Useful templates and assets to help you with your digital and traditional marketing activities.
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We want to help you get the most out of your marketing and make an impact on your audiences. We've put together some helpful templates you can localise and adapt for your traditional or, digital marketing activities. 

  1. Print templates
  2. Social media templates
  3. Translated leaflets
  4. Email marketing 

Print and publication resources

Social media templates

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Translated leaflets

About us

These cover basic information about Healthwatch in a range of languages. You can add your own logo, images and contact details. There is also an English version, where you can make changes to the wording.

Email Marketing

Got a question?

If you need help accessing any of these resources, please email hub@healthwatch.co.uk

Upcoming changes to Facebook Workplace in 2025

Network News - 9 May 2025

As we've previously shared with you, Facebook parent company Meta is retiring Facebook Workplace. We've now selected a replacement platform that closely mirrors Workplace’s functionality, offers a smooth transition with minimal disruption, and aligns with Meta’s timetable.
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You should find the new platform familiar and easy to use and we’re aiming to go live with it on 17 July.

To begin with, we’ll simplify the number of groups to keep things clear and manageable. We’ll listen to feedback from the Healthwatch network and can adjust these groups as needed. Importantly, all content from the past two years on Workplace will be carried over, so you’ll still be able to refer to previous discussions.

We’re also working to make it easier for you to access Healthwatch England policy updates and to ask questions or message others quickly and easily.

There’s no action needed from you just yet and no need to request a WorkVivo login.

We’ll be in touch soon with details on how to access the new platform. Before launch, we’ll offer several opportunities to preview the platform and share your thoughts. Once live, a dedicated user area will be available where you can ask queries and give feedback directly.

In the meantime, please continue to submit requests for new Workplace accounts via this short form: Tell us if you would like access to Workplace? | Healthwatch Network

Learning and development calendar 2025/26

Guidance - 30 April 2025

Check out the learning and development planner to see what events we are planning over the next year.
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About this resource 

We have created a learning and development calendar for the year ahead so you can see what training opportunities from us you will have throughout the year.  

We have designed this plan based on your feedback and the Healthwatch core skills framework. 

Events are now available to book through our training and events section. Please always remember to let us know if you can no longer a session that you book in advance, so we can offer the place to someone else.  

Downloads

If you have any problems accessing this document please email us.   

EventEnquiries@healthwatch.co.uk

Learning and development calendar
Download (LSX 5.44 MB)

We know local Healthwatch want to be able to produce their own easy read materials, as part of the Healthwatch commitment to accessibility and inclusion. We have invested in training from Easy Read UK who have already worked with local Healthwatch and receive good feedback.

This training is delivered in two parts and you MUST be able to attend both of the following sessions to take part.

Session one – 10/9 from 9.30am to 1pm

Session two – 24/9 from 1pm to 2.30pm

No booking available

We know local Healthwatch want to be able to produce their own easy read materials, as part of the Healthwatch commitment to accessibility and inclusion. We have invested in training from Easy Read UK who have already worked with local Healthwatch and receive good feedback.

This training is delivered in two parts and you MUST be able to attend both of the following sessions to take part.

Session one – 11/6 from 9.30am to 1pm

Session two – 25/6 from 1pm to 2.30pm

No booking available

Many of you requested support with income generation in the 2024 learning needs survey.

This session is an opportunity to learn about exploring fundraising opportunities outside of core organisational contracts and to delve deeper into income generation. It is for people with more income generation experience than the ‘Bidding Basics’ session.

No booking available

Many of you requested support with income generation in the 2024 learning needs survey.

This session is an introduction to bid writing. It will help you develop your personal skills through the stages of a bidding process and understand how to get an organisation bid ready. You’ll gain skills and confidence to plan a successful bid, and you will take away hints and tips for writing a winning bid.

No booking available

This session will be led by Healthwatch Bucks for staff and volunteers who answer phone calls from the public. You will find out how to structure your conversation to best help the caller and to support your wellbeing.

This is an entry level course, which can be followed by sessions on how to manage difficult calls and understanding safeguarding and risk. 

No booking available

Progress has been made to advance the rights of LGBTQ+ individuals (who make up approximately 1.8 million people) in the UK. Yet we know that growing up LGBTQ+ in an intolerant society, experiencing prejudice and rejection, can exacerbate health inequalities and have a negative impact on health outcomes compared to the general population.

This session will help you understand health inequalities impacting the LGBTQ+ community and help you with inclusive language and understanding to support your engagement activities with LGBTQ+ communities.

No booking available

Neurodiversity is a word used to describe the different thinking styles that affect how people communicate with the world around them. Around 15-20% of all the people living in the world are thought to have a neuro-difference and no two people will be affected by their condition in the same way.

Education, healthcare, and workplace settings can present significant challenges for neurodivergent people, primarily due to a lack of understanding of their needs. But what does good practice look like and what do we need to consider when engaging and supporting neurodiverse people?

No booking available
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