The Women's Health Hub
The Women’s Health Hub, The Arches Shopping Village, Park Road, Hartlepool, TS24 7PW
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What is the Women's Health Hub?
Based in The Arches Shopping Village, in Hartlepool town centre, the Women's Health Hub is a central location for any and all support you may need as a woman+. From pregnancy and postpartum to menarche and menopause, we aim to cover and support the wide range of women's health issues which are often overlooked and missed.
We run specific peer support groups for a wide range of issues, host workshops and classes from professionals in women's health and hold drop-in sessions - to provide a safe space for you to come when you need to not be alone.
As well as providing signposting services to all of the amazing organisations and groups which currently work to support women in our area.
Why is the Women's Health Hub Needed?
Women's health has been overlooked and ignored on a longstanding basis. Whilst, on average, women live longer than men, they spend a disproportionate amount of time in ill health due to a lack of research, funding and focus on women-specific issues.
We need to come together as a community to tackle this issue.
To support our women, our wives, our mothers, our sisters, our daughters.
How to get involved
Our dream is for the Women's Health Hub to be a collaborative, community effort.
If you wish to be involved more deeply please email womenshealthhubhartlepool@gmail.com
Currently, we are most keen to hear from those of you who provide services which support women - e.g. hypnobirthing courses, pelvic health support, women focused yoga/ exercise etc. We wish to provide low cost venue hire to such services, to help support such business with reduced costs whilst funding the Hub, and to provide a space which brings together everything Hartlepool has to offer to support women.
The Results are In!
We surveyed women who have used our services at The Hub within the last 12 months, and those who are yet to visit our space. The graphic above shows an overview of their feedback.
This feedback is so incredibly valuable to us, in that we can tailor our services and support our community better. And that's the ultimate goal here. Everything we do is for the good of our community, so a huge thank you to all of those who took part and have helped to make The Hub a better place for women+ in Hartlepool.
Bespoke Doula Support
Are you having a baby, or know someone who is, and would like someone to support you through the process?
Find out about the Doula Services we offer at Postpartum Matters.
Join The Newsletter
For information about The Women's Health Hub, but also to hear postpartum stories, my personal essays, as well as a community of women supporting each other, and you are so welcome to join us.
There's also an option to become a monthly or annually paid member which gives you access to our beautiful membership magic benefits ~ such as our seasonal community connection circles & our Mindful Bookbinding sessions.
Paid subscriptions to our newsletter are a great way for us to build up a regular income stream. This is really crucial for the long term sustainability of The Women’s Health Hub and will hopefully go a long way in encouraging funders to support us financially too. Your £6 a month (or £60 a year) can go a long way to making our dream a reality and we are so incredibly grateful.