Public Health Campaigns

Learn more about the campaigns and how to join the public health campaign network.

To join the Integrated Wellbeing Service public health campaigns network, please contact integratedwellbeing@northumberland.gov.uk to subscribe to the mailing list. 

• Dry January means going alcohol free for the whole month of January and see how 31 days without alcohol benefits you. 
• Change4Life is a campaign run by the NHS, encouraging families to eat well and exercise more. 
• Time to Talk Day is the nations biggest mental health conversation. It happens every February to encourage communities to talk, listen and change lives.
• Every Breath is a campaign run by Fresh to raise awareness that smoking causes chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
• World Oral Health Day in March each year, the world unites to help reduce the burden of oral diseases. 
• National Walking Month celebrates the health and happiness benefits of walking. 
• Mental Health Awareness Week is the ideal time for us to talk about mental health, tackle stigma and find out how we can prevent mental health problems as a society. 
• Child Safety Week is the Child Accident Prevention Trust's annual community education campaign which aims to start thousands of safety conversations and activities worldwide. 
• Men’s Health Week raises awareness of men's health and how to avoid health complications. 
• Holiday Health is a series of summer videos that are shared on Northumberland County Council's social media channels.
• Know your Numbers- raises awareness of high Blood pressure and encourages UK adults to get a blood pressure check. 
• Sexual Health Awareness Week raises awareness of contraception, testing and treatment. 
• Stoptober is an annual campaign run every October to encourage people to stop smoking. 
• HIV Testing Week calls on people to get tested and know their status.
• World AIDS Day takes place on 1 December each year and is the opportunity for people to unite in the fight against HIV. 

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All Local Authorities have a duty to improve the health of the population they serve. To help with this, we use data and information from a range of sources including hospitals to understand more about the nature and causes of disease and ill-health in the area. 

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