Members Directory

Washington Community Food Project

We are a foodbank

Washington mind

Washington Mind was established in 1981, a local charity providing mental health and wellbeing support services across Sunderland, Washington and the Coalfields. Our information services and training opportunities are also delivered out of these areas.

WATBUS (Community Transport)

Wayout in Gateshead (WinG)

We are an urban based non residential outdoor education provider. Our activities are about encouraging people to discover and value different ways of learning, to grow in self confidence, to develop communication skills, the ability to cooperate with other people and develop their potential. At WinG we understand the importance of outdoor education and are passionate about supporting young people and disadvantaged individuals who have the least opportunity to experience the outdoors and utilise it to grow and develop. Making learning an adventure.

Ways to Wellness Foundation

Ways to Wellness is a charity providing a trusted test bed, piloting and prototyping innovative healthcare interventions and new ways of working that empower individuals to improve their health, serving to tackle health inequalities while evidencing cost savings for the NHS.

Current projects that are operational in the North East and North Cumbria (NENC) ICB (Integrated Care Board) region include:

• SPACE Pilot, a partnership project with Great North Children’s Hospital through which social prescribing link workers are placed alongside clinicians to support children with chronic neurological conditions, using a whole-family approach to their care.

• PROSPeR, part of the NHS NENC ‘Waiting Well’ programme, supporting patients on the waiting list for surgery to prepare so they can recover better post-operatively, with less likelihood of a hospital re-admission. In particular, this project is looking at reducing the use of pain medications.

• Social prescribing for people with persistent physical symptoms, who agree an action plan with their link worker to support the day-to-day management of their conditions by eating well, moving more, getting involved in activities, developing positive relationships, and accessing specialist services and support, including around benefits and welfare rights.

One of our biggest successes to date has been our Maternal Mental Health prototype, a collaborative project that won the prestigious ‘Women’s Health Innovation’ Award at the Bright Ideas in Health Awards 2024.

Ways to Wellness is always keen to hear from anyone that may wish to partner with us to test an idea for a novel healthcare intervention they feel has the potential to improve both service delivery and patient outcomes.

Visit waystowellness.org.uk to find out more about how our team turns ideas into action for maximum impact, and contact us at info@waystowellness.org.uk to arrange a conversation.

Waythrough

We Are All Disabled c/o The Dean Centre

WE ARE ALL DISABLED CIC
A movement for positive change

We are all disabled means different things to different people. Almost everyone has something that potentially limits their ability to fully participate in society, particularly in these current times.

We Are All Disabled is a Community Interest Company with the social aim of bringing together people from across disabled and non-disabled communities to explore, challenge and change perceptions of disability.

We want to encourage discussion and debate by creating a safe and supportive space for people to share their experiences and talk about issues which they may find uncomfortable in order to inform, educate and inspire each other.

We Are All Disabled promotes the Affirmative model of disability which encompasses positive social identities grounded in the benefits of a lifestyle of being impaired and disabled.

Our ultimate goal is to create a global community, founded in the North East, which promotes empathy and understanding in order to improve the everyday lived experiences of disabled people.

Through coming together and embracing or unique strengths and identities we can all learn to celebrate our differences and feel pride in who we are.

We Make Culture

Wear Rivers Trust

The mission of the Wear Rivers Trust is to conserve, protect, rehabilitate and improve the landscape and watercourses of the whole River Wear catchment, from the watershed to the estuarine and adjacent coastal areas, through involving individuals, local communities, government agencies and public bodies with proactive improvement works and monitoring, and by increasing awareness and understanding of the environmental factors that influence the river and its associated wildlife, whilst helping to promote the river as a recreational feature for the enjoyment of all.

Weardale renewable energy C.I.C

Community owned energy group

Weardale Together CIC

We work to combat isolation across Weardale, a rural community in County Durham. We run a community cafe, youth programme, programme of events and develop partnerships with other organisations to support the community infrastructure that exists in Weardale.

Wearside Amnesty International Group

WECAN - We Enable Children with Additional Needs

WECAN provides respite activities for Children and young people through Saturday clubs during term time and holiday clubs during school holidays. WECAN has been operating for over 20 years and now provides services for both adults and families with children under 6.

Welcome to Badminton

We provide sports sessions for refugees, asylum seeker and migrants to help improve mental health and wellbeing.

Wellbeing Plus

The charity is run by volunteers and we help people with long-term health conditions, mental health, isolation and loneliness etc. We run coffee mornings and craft groups to help our participants to meet new people, learn new skills and more importantly, to show them that they can have a life. They are important and that they can help and support each other through any rough times. We follow the 5 ways to wellbeing and the groups build confidence and self-esteem, as well as a helping our participants to focus more positively.

Wesley Orphan House Trust

Rev'd John Wesley bought a plot of land in Northumberland Street, Newcastle, in 1743, the rental income from the lease (the trust does not own the building) is used to support work with young people, children, Christian mission and outreach, this includes assisting orphans and disabled children overseas.

WEST DENTON JFC

WE ARE A GRASSROOTS FOOTBALL CLUB WITH OVER 200 BOYS AND GIRLS TRAINING AND PLAYING FOOTBALL FOR THE NORTHUMBERLAND LEAGUE IN THE NORTH EAST.

West End Refugee Service

West End Refugee Service (WERS) works to create a Region of Sanctuary where people seeking asylum and refugees are not just supported but have the opportunity to lead the change they want to see.

West End Women and Girls Centre

West Harton Churches Action Station Ltd

Action Station works directly or in partnership with local and national organisations both voluntary and statutory, to provide training, education, employment support and combatting social exclusion for whatever reason. As an organisation we pride ourselves on having a “person centred” approach and a focus on the individual and their abilities, seeking holistic solutions to their needs.