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Overall Regional Health Advocate of the Year Winner for 2025

 

Danielle Lavery, Sunderland GP Alliance

 

 

 

Health Advocate of the Year Award Winners 2025

 

County Durham: Sandie Buxton, HMP Frankland

 

Gateshead: Paula Marrs, Citizens Advice Gateshead

 

Middlesbrough: Kellie Joyce, Tees Valley Hospital

 

Newcastle: Claire Hopkins, BEL Engineering

 

Primary Care: Danielle Lavery, Sunderland GP Alliance

 

Redcar and Cleveland: Emma Robinson, Beyond Housing

 

South Tyneside: Lauren Hugo, Sea Change Cafe & Arts Venue

 

Stockton: Ellie Russell, Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council

 

SUNDERLAND: Michael Emmet, Stagecoach Sunderland

Special Recognition Award

Winners 2025

 

County Durham: The Banks Group

 

Gateshead: Elodie McGee, AkzoNobel

 

South Tyneside: Andrea Collin, Northern Rights

 

Stockton: Samantha Bolton, Queensway Dental

 

"The programme encourages organisations to look at prioritising the physical and mental health of employees.  

Using the Better Health at Work programme, structure and guidance, the organisation has introduced a number of ways to improve individuals’ physical and mental health; whilst encouraging employees to take responsibility themselves".

 

- Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle, Newcastle, Silver Level achieved 2024

"We joined the Award to promote a healthier, happier workplace and provide our team with tools and encouragement to improve wellbeing both at work and at home. It offers a structured approach that aligns with our commitment to supporting our people.

The Award has been a great motivator, helping us focus our wellbeing efforts and create meaningful activities for staff. The advice and resources provided have been invaluable in shaping our campaigns and engaging our team in positive, lasting change".

 

- SUEZ TeesValley, Stockton, Maintaining Excellence Level achieved 2024

We wanted to help and support our employees by giving them access to tools, resources and information to improve their health – physically and mentally, both in the workplace and in their personal lives.

We have really enjoyed participating in the award over the years. It allows the team of Health Advocates to show our creative side and brings people across both sites together, fostering a sense of community within the organisation. It also shows our employees that we care for their wellbeing by focusing on the topics that matter to them most.  

- Seqens Custom Specialties , Middlesbrough

At the plant, we really wanted to support our Employees Health and Wellbeing as we transitioned back to normal business, following the Global Pandemic. This award provided us with the structure we needed to develop and launch the Health and Wellbeing plant wide strategy.

Not only does the award provide us with a criteria and structure to follow, it also allows us to focus on topics which we may not have considered previously. In addition, it provides us a network with other local businesses to allow us to benchmark and share best practices.  

 

- Nissan Motor Manufacturing (UK) Ltd, Sunderland

A healthy workforce is a happy workforce.  Grundfos puts its people first and we want to ensure all of our employees are healthy and well which is why the award is an ideal opportunity to drive this ambition and show the recognition for this drive to the workforce, our customers and the general public.

The award has provided a perfect driver for our health and wellbeing campaigns and ensures we are always kept on the right track and up to date with the latest strategies and wider community initiatives.  The award website provides lots of extremely useful resource material to support our campaigns.

- Grundfos manufacturing, Sunderland

"We loved the fact that the award has a local focus about wellbeing in the North-East. The framework it provides is exceptional.

The support and network are invaluable. You don't feel like you're starting from scratch, there's always someone with an idea of what they've tried.

The portal is great. It has a huge number of resources and it's easy to use and access. It's helped us with campaigns where we've less experience, and they're now part of our annual calendar".

 

- Karbon Homes, Newcastle, Maintaining Excellence Level achieved 2024
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