How you can get involved

Healthwatch is your health and social care champion in Herefordshire. The mission of our engagement team is to connect with individuals and communities to hear your lived experiences and gather your opinions, suggestions, experiences and ideas on health and social care services. We are currently working on a number of interesting projects, which are listed below and we would love to hear from you.  

If you would like us to visit your group or organisation, please do get in touch.

Understanding Loneliness, Your Voice Matters

We’re launching a series of focus groups to better understand the barriers neurodivergent individuals face in public transport and public spaces. By listening directly to people with lived experience, we aim to identify practical changes that can make our community more inclusive. Together, we will:

  • Identify barriers to accessibility in public transport and public spaces.
  • Co-create tools and solutions with neurodivergent people to improve accessibility.
  • Establish a local audit team of neurodivergent individuals to assess and advise on accessibility.
  • Collaborate with local and national organisations to align with best practices and amplify our impact.

This project is all about partnership, action, and creating environments where everyone can navigate public spaces with confidence and ease.

If you are someone with ADHD, Autism or Sensory processing differences, we would like to hear your experiences to help us shape better spaces.  Contact us on 01432 277044 or email info@healthwatchherefordshire.co.uk

Be Healthy, Be Happy

Healthwatch is now working with the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller community to address health inequalities. Our new project 'Be Healthy, Be Happy' looks to understand the barriers to accessing health services and work towards improving health outcomes.

If you are working with or know of any GRT families who would like to speak with our Engagement Officer and who need support to access GP care, take up screening or require signposting to health and social care services please get in touch. Contact us on 01432 277044. For more information and to watch our film, click here. 

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Childhood Vaccination & Immunisations

We're currently working on a project to gather parents' views on childhood vaccination and immunisations and to understand any barriers or reasons for hesitancy in this regard. We would like to hear your experiences, views and opinions. 

Contact us on 01432 277044 or alternatively you can email us.

Herefordshire Community Partnership

On September 8th 2021, Healthwatch established and launched the Herefordshire Community Partnership. We continue to hold events every 2 months alongside hvoss and Talk Community. Events are vibrant forum for the public, health and care services, and voluntary and community sector organisations to work in partnership.

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