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Six Livewell Southwest social workers celebrated a career milestone after successfully completing their Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE). At an event organised by Kerry Dodd, Livewell Southwest Principal Social Worker, certificates were presented to...

Livewell Southwest is proud to publish its Impact Report 2018-2019, enabling us to share with a wide audience the work we are most proud of and the benefits we bring to the communities we serve. We’re a social enterprise, run as a community interest company, which...

On Monday 27 January Philippa Geddes, Regional Engagement Lead at Social Work England visited Plymouth to meet Social Workers from Livewell, Plymouth City Council and colleagues from Devon Clinical Commissioning Group. Social Work England is a specialist...

Organisations from across Plymouth came together on Wednesday 29 January for a fantastic day at Livewell Southwest’s 2020 Wellbeing at Work annual update and celebration of the Wellbeing Champions of the Year held at Boringdon Park Golf Club. With an opening...

With 60% of the average person’s waking hours spent in work, our workplaces are one of the most important places where we can take action to improve our wellbeing. Livewell Southwest’s Wellbeing at Work team is passionate about helping you to support your staff and...

People in Plymouth experiencing a mental health crisis are benefitting from a new initiative between Livewell Southwest, South Western Ambulance Service (SWASFT), and Devon and Cornwall Police. The organisations have joined forces to launch a Mental Health Joint...

Huge congratulations to Jess Austen, Nursing Associate at Livewell’s Glenbourne Unit, who is shortlisted in the ‘Health Apprentice of the Year’ category in South Devon College’s Apprenticeship Awards. This celebratory event on 6 February will mark the success of...

Another Plymouth business is celebrating after achieving Bronze status within Livewell Southwest's Wellbeing at Work Award programme and receiving recognition for its work to improve the health and wellbeing of its employees. HellermannTyton has been working...

A Plymouth woman is celebrating starting 2020 as a non-smoker after kicking the habit with the help of an initiative dedicated to helping smokers across the city swap cigarettes for vaping. Livewell Southwest’s health improvement team One You Plymouth joined forces...

Livewell Southwest CIC is celebrating as inspectors from the healthcare watchdog Care Quality Commission (CQC) have awarded it a rating of Good overall, with all of its core services now either Good or Outstanding overall. That makes it among the best performing...