Canva templates and assets
Useful templates and assets to help you with your digital and traditional marketing activities.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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Accessibility guidance
With more people seeking advice and information and sharing their views with Healthwatch online, it's important that we are all taking steps to ensure all our content is accessible.
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How to resize images
This guidance explains how to resize images to use in your marketing and communications activities.
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Working with your local Joint Strategic Needs Assessment
Find out more about how the benefits of effectively engaging with your local JSNA (updated February 2024 to reflect the Health and Care Act 2022)
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