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Healthwatch Lincolnshire

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1154835
Status
Registered
Registered
Dec. 2, 2013
Legal form
Charitable company

Address

Address
The Len Medlock Voluntary Centre
St. Georges Road
BOSTON
Lincolnshire
PE21 8YB

Contact

Activities

Healthwatch Lincolnshire is the independent consumer champion (Company Limited by Guarantee & Registered Charity) for residents in Lincolnshire and is part of the England wide Healthwatch network. Our function is to enable the general public to share views, comments and concerns about local health and social care provision, which will help to influence current and future services.

Objects: (1) The advancement of health and social care and the relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability or financial hardship by: (a) providing information and advice to the general public about local health and social care services;(b) making the views and experiences of members of the general public known to health and social care providers;(c) enabling local people to have a voice in the development, delivery and equality of access to local health and care services and facilities; and(d) providing training and the development of skills for volunteers and the wider community in understanding, scrutinising, reviewing and monitoring local health and care services and facilities.(2) The preservation and protection of good health for the public benefit by supporting activities provided by:(a) local authorities’ adult and children’s social services; and/or (b) charities registered in England & Wales which carry out activities which supplement, complement, or have replaced local authorities’ adult and children’s social services.

Classification

How
Provides Human Resources, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body, Other Charitable Activities
What
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability
Who
Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind

Areas of operation

Local Authority
Lincolnshire

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure
March 31, 2025 £372,239 £377,522
March 31, 2024 £377,328 £459,387
March 31, 2023 £403,437 £450,040
March 31, 2022 £443,464 £390,232
March 31, 2021 £353,937 £349,052

Trustees

Name Appointed
Michele Duggan (Chair) Jan. 12, 2022
Dr Maria Prior Sept. 8, 2017
Elizabeth Ball Sept. 16, 2020
Emily-Jane Ward July 11, 2023
Marina McEwan Aug. 8, 2025
Sue Jago Sept. 1, 2023
Tim Staniland Feb. 21, 2022