Your Voice Counts

26/10/2026

Thinking about quitting? 🚭

It's so you might have heard some people talking about stopping smoking. If you smoke, you might even be thinking about it yourself.

There is so much help and support available for anyone who needs it. We've even got trained Stop Smoking practitioners on our team who can provide support and signpost you to Ni****ne Replacement Therapy if you need it.

Get in touch or pop along to one of our drop in groups to get some advice. We can help you or your family or friends too.

📧 [email protected]
📞 0191 478 6472

26/10/2026

Last chance to apply 📢

We're recruiting Independent Advocates to work across Newcastle, South Tyneside and Gateshead.

Help people have their voices heard and ensure their rights, views and wishes are central to decisions about their lives and care.

👉 Salary of £27,115–£31,754 pro rata
👉 Full-time, part-time and sessional opportunities
👉 Flexible working, with some remote work
👉 Training and development opportunities

Whether you’re new to advocacy or experienced, we’d love to hear from you!

Find out more and apply on our website before 5pm on Wednesday 28 October

We are committed to making Your Voice Counts a great place to work and offer a supportive and fulfilling environment for our staff team. We’re proud of the benefits we offer all our staff including:

23/10/2026

Our new Life Skills course starts on Monday 2 November - sign up now 💙

This group will meet on the first Monday of every month where we'll look at different ways to look after ourselves, our homes and each other 👫

This is a friendly and welcoming group for people with learning disabilities and autistic people - if you'd like to sign up or find out more get in touch on 07587 736476 or by emailing [email protected]

22/10/2026

Good news for Your Voice Counts 🎉

We're delighted we've secured the contract to continue facilitating Skills for Care's Workforce Expert Advisory Group!

The group is made up of people with a learning disability, autistic people and family carers and advises Skills for Care and other national organisations on how to attract the right people into health and care jobs and help them to thrive.

We have been running the group for six years and we're proud to be continuing this work, especially because our very own Shaun Armour will be moving towards leading the work as sole chair.

🗣Shaun said: "I am really pleased that we are able to continue to chair the meeting. This is the 6th year we have secured the contract for Your Voice Counts. I am very happy that we get to be part of this for another year."

Congratulations to Shaun, our Inclusion Support Worker Kerry, and everyone involved in securing the contract, and thank you to all those who contributed!

Skills for Care

21/10/2026

Join our team as an Independent Advocate 📢

We’re recruiting across Newcastle, South Tyneside and Gateshead.
Help people have their voices heard and ensure their rights, views and wishes are central to decisions about their lives and care.

✨ What we offer:
👉 Salary of £27,115–£31,754 pro rata
👉 Full-time, part-time and sessional opportunities
👉 Flexible working, with some remote work
👉 Training and development opportunities

Whether you’re new to advocacy or experienced, we’d love to hear from you!

Find out more and apply on our website at

We are committed to making Your Voice Counts a great place to work and offer a supportive and fulfilling environment for our staff team. We’re proud of the benefits we offer all our staff including:

19/10/2026

Our General Advocate Rebecca Longstaff and Shout Young Person's Advocate Lauren Bradley recently attended the South Tyneside Public Health Conference and had a valuable day hearing about the brilliant work being carried out by services and organisations across the borough.

The day even finished with a creative twist as The Cultural Spring led a pumpkin-making activity. We think Rebecca and Lauren did a great job even if they didn’t win the competition! 😊 🎃

16/10/2026

Our book club is going from strength to strength and we’d love some new members! 📚

Join us every Monday at Birtley Library from 10am to 11.30am for a friendly, welcoming and accessible book club for people with a learning disability.

We explore Books Without Words, using pictures to create our own stories without needing to read any text. We’ve also started designing our own stories which we’re hoping to have illustrated! 🎨✨

Whether you love stories, enjoy being creative or simply want to meet new people, we’d love to see you there!

📍 Where: Birtley Library
🕙 When: Every Monday, 10am–11.30am

Call us on 0191 478 6472 or email [email protected] for more information. Everyone is welcome! 💙

16/10/2026

A little while ago, we shared Anthony and Barry’s stories as they began their journeys towards being alcohol-free 💙

We’re delighted to share that they’ve both now achieved over 200 days alcohol-free! 🎉👏

We celebrated their amazing progress at a recent drop-in group with certificates and a card. Both Anthony and Barry continue to attend South Tyneside Adult Recovery Service regularly and receive support from our own Ashleigh Scott.

A huge well done to you both! It’s fantastic to see you working towards your goals and achieving so much. Keep up the amazing work! 💙

15/10/2026