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Ways To Wellness Foundation

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1161123
Status
Registered
Registered
March 31, 2015
Legal form
Charitable company

Address

Address
2nd Floor
Forth Banks House
Skinnerburn Road
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 3RH

Activities

To preserve & protect the health of people & to improve the quality of life of people with long term health conditions by promoting access to social prescribing services. To advance education of the general public & medical practitioners in relation to social prescribing services & other similar interventions. Such other exclusively charitable purposes as the Trustees may determine.

Objects: The preservation and protection of health, and the relief of poverty, by advancing social interventions, for individuals primarily in North Cumbria and North East England with health conditions, in particular but not exclusively by:- Developing and testing social interventions, and working with other sectors to do this;- Providing information and prescribing social interventions to individuals to improve public health; - Advancing the education of general public, medical practitioners and others in relation to social prescribing and other social interventions; and - Such other exclusively charitable purpose(s) as the Trustees may from time to time determine in accordance with the law of charity For the purpose of this article ‘social interventions’ means non-medical interventions to achieve sustained healthy behaviour change and improved self-care. Social prescribing supplements the support a patient gets from their healthcare professional. A doctor or healthcare professional can prescribe an intervention, as they would medicine. Typically, the interventions include physical activity, health eating/cooking, social interaction and support with positive relationships.

Classification

How
Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
What
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who
People With Disabilities, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind

Areas of operation

Region
Throughout England

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure Assets Employees
March 31, 2025 £1,554,539 £1,225,845 £3,573,083 18
March 31, 2024 £1,734,780 £1,125,751 £3,244,389 15
March 31, 2023 £1,526,017 £1,082,223 £2,635,360 9
March 31, 2022 £1,251,832 £723,350 £2,191,566 5
March 31, 2021 £1,325,063 £987,173 £1,663,084 4

Trustees

Name Appointed
Brendan Temple Hill Oct. 3, 2022
Dr Guy Stephen Pilkington Aug. 18, 2021
Dr Leahan Cristi Garratt April 29, 2025
Dr Robert Westgate April 29, 2025
Dr Ruth Cordelia Garnet Briel Oct. 29, 2024
Emeritus Professor David Hunter Oct. 12, 2023
John Duncan Spurr Sept. 13, 2018
Mary Madeleine Jordan March 30, 2015