Health and wellbeing festival offers 2025

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The Trinity Holistic Centre offers a wide range of holistic therapies and staff can access treatments for a 10% discount when presenting their ID card.

Acupuncture:

£30 for a 45minute session

Auricular acupuncture (in a group setting):

£10 a session

How to book:

Mindfulness:

Massage therapy:

£30 for a 30minute session

£20 for a 30minute individual session

Massage therapy:

£30 for a 30minute session

Reiki:

£30 for 1 hour

Evening and weekend slots available

James Cook: Pop into the Trinity Holistic Centre (opposite the spinal injuries unit)  Friarage: Call 01642 854839 to arrange an appointment.

For more information, search Trinity Holistic Centre on the public facing website.

Massage therapy including aromatherapy, sports, Swedish or reflexology: £30 for a 30-minute session.

Grab 10 items for £2

About our eco shops

The shops are stocked with surplus food that would otherwise be thrown away due to over-ordering or packaging errors.

When and where can I visit?

Friarage: Mondays from 11am – (next to the Friends of the Friarage shop)

James Cook: Tuesdays from 11am - in the Volunteers Coffee Lounge

Hartlepool: Wednesday from 12.30pm - Rainbow Room

North Tees: Thursday from 12:30pm - Rainbow Room

Don’t forget to take your own bag!

You can access free health and wellbeing information and resources on the health and wellbeing section of the website including:

Healthy eating and hydration

Menopause

Physical activity

Sleep

Wellbeing apps

Asthma and COPD

Wellbeing workshops

Counselling services

Did you know there is a free, independent and confidential staff counselling service?

The professionally trained counsellors are experienced in a variety of issues which may be causing you concern, be it at work or at home

You can self refer for counselling by contacting Alliance direct by emailing workplace@alliancepsychology.com

and wellbeing contacts are:

SOUTH TEES

jillian.mcgee@nhs.net

laura robson15@nhs net

julia frost@nhs net stees.evs.occupationalhealth@nhs.net

NORTH TEES AND HARTLEPOOL

helen.waller1@nhs.net

rhillerby@nhs net nth-tr.occhealth-hwsupport@nhs.net

Chaplaincy

The chaplaincy team are available to support staff, regardless of whether people have a faith or not and offers a sympathetic ear to those who need to talk. The team is happy to work with individuals or teams, depending on circumstances and the nature of the concern and offer support through:

Listening – so you know you are seen and heard

Reflection – non-judgemental space where issues are held gently together

Bespoke service – seeking creative ways to offer pastoral care

Faith support – prayer and sacramental provision are available where appropriate

SOUTH TEES

The chaplains can be contacted on the following numbers, where non-urgent messages can be left on the voicemail

James cook: 01642 854802 Friarage: 01609 763275

Or by email: jcuhchaplaincy@nhs.net

NORTH TEES AND HARTLEPOOL

Via Switchboard on ‘0’ & ask for the ‘on-call chaplain’ – available 24/7 for urgent calls

Non-urgent calls: 01642 383138 or 01642 624714

South Tees staff

Andy’s Man Club are a men’s suicide prevention charity, offering free to attend peer-to-peer support groups across the UK.

The groups provide a place for men to come together in a safe and open environment to talk about the issues or problems that they have faced or are currently facing.

The clubs meet every Monday at 7pm (excluding Bank Holiday Monday).

There are 100 locations across the UK and the five nearest places are listed below:

Middlesbrough: Middlesbrough Town Hall, Albert Road, TS1 2QJ

Stockton: Redhill Family Hub, Roseworth, TS19 9BX

Redcar: Redcar Coast Family Hub, Redcar, TS10 1RR

Hartlepool: Hartlepool Rovers Rugby Club, Hartlepool, TS24 0BP

Darlington, Firthmoor Community Centre, Darlington, DL1 4SU

For more information, visit:

Physiotherapy and manual handling (musculoskeletal health) support services

Physiotherapy services

A team of specialist physiotherapists and manual handling advisors

Self or management referral to physiotherapy support

Physiotherapy services aimed at keeping staff fit and healthy at work and supporting return to work

Teach and advise safer moving and handling techniques

Available for ward and department visits to deliver training and offer advice on safer handling

Ergonomic support

Treatments

Treatments may include:

Exercise

Spinal rehab classes, postural fitness circuit classes

Education

Acupuncture for the treatment of musculoskeletal pain

Joint mobilisations

Soft tissue release

Massage

Electrotherapy

Pilates

Workstation assessments

Postural advice

Manual handling training

Ergonomics and work station assessments

What can we treat?

Musculoskeletal issues that are affecting work function including:

Musculoskeletal pain affecting all joints in the body not just back pain

Degenerative conditions such as osteoarthritis

Overuse or repetitive strain

Whiplash associated disorders

Headaches and migraines

Sports pain and injury

Meet the team

Your physiotherapy and manual handling support services contacts are:

christopher ferguson6@nhs net

david makepeace@nhs net

anthony blackwell@nhs net

samantha newton10@nhs net

General enquiries: 01642 282482 (external) or extension 52482 (internal)

Environment and sustainability

CYCLE TO WORK

A staff cycle to work scheme is in place across the group

Take advantage of the government’s tax free ‘cycle to work’ initiative by selecting a bike of your choice and save up to 47% on the cost through easy monthly payroll reductions

Scan the QR code to sign up today:

BECOME A GREEN CHAMPION

If you are passionate about championing sustainability and green initiatives across our trust, we would love to hear from you

Sign-up to become a green champion today by emailing:

LauraHallett@nhsnet

BICYCLE LOCKERS AND COMPOUND

SOUTH TEES

Free bicycle lockers are available at James Cook and the Friarage There is also a free bicycle compound at James Cook

For access, please email bicyclescheme@nhsnet

NORTH TEES AND HARTLEPOOL

Lockers and bike shelter available across both sites.

A registration form can be found on the security sharepoint page.

nth-trcarparkingenquiries@nhsnet

CYCLE ROUTES

Use CycleStreets for free mapping options, on routes to cycle to work

MONEY HELPER

MoneyHelper is a consumer-facing service, providing free and impartial money and pensions guidance for people across the UK including:

annuities universal credit financial education money issues pensions debt advice saving and budgeting tips

Scan the QR code:

SAVINGS SCHEME

Help to Save gives low-income earners claiming universal credit or working tax credit a savings boost and helps to build financial security

The government adds a bonus of up to 50% on what you save

To get a Help to Save account, learn how you can pay money into one and how the bonus payment works, scan the WT code elwo:

Scan the QR code:

CHILD TRUST FUNDS

Most children born between 1 September 2002 and 2 January 2011 will have had a child trust fund; a tax-free saving account for children

They have since been replaced by Junior ISAs, so only existing accounts remain.

Scan the QR code

To access help on recovering an old account or to receive information on how to transfer from a CTF to a junior ISA, scan the QR code below:

Find out about the link between money and mental health at Mental Health and Money Advice

Scan the QR code:

Mind is a great source of useful information with local support groups

Scan the QR code:

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