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Useful templates and assets to help you with your digital and traditional marketing activities.
Guidance
Resources
Healthwatch core skills framework 2025/26
This framework will help you see the skills you use in your role, identify any gaps and find the support you need to develop or fine tune them.
Guidance
Annual report template 2024 - 25
Download the new annual report template to showcase your best projects and how you have made a difference for local people in the last year.
Guidance
How to develop a communications strategy
Find out the critical ingredients for developing communications strategy and access our communications strategy template.
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Guide: Data processing and protection
This guidance explains the current data protection law and what this will mean for your local Healthwatch.
Guidance
How to complete our annual local Healthwatch survey
To ensure we give you the right support, please fill in the Annual Survey and tell us how things work on the ground for you and the constraints you face locally.
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Three questions to think about before planning public engagement online
Take a look at the things you should think about before doing any online or remote engagement with the public.
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A guide to running Healthwatch
Find out more about how to run a Healthwatch, including how to meet your legal obligations and exercise powers.
Guidance
How to use email marketing
Email marketing is a great way of developing relationships and communicating with people who have engaged with you in the past or have signed up to hear updates from you in the future.
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