We are a charity based in Newcastle working with local communities across the North East to improve their health, wellbeing and life outcomes.

Healthworks believes that everyone, regardless of the challenges they face- low income, unemployment or poor housing, should have the same opportunity to live in good health.

Our aim is to support people facing these issues, across the northeast to maintain and improve their health, wellbeing and life outcomes.

Healthworks tackles health inequalities with a diverse range of projects, activities and interventions that improve health outcomes for individuals, families and communities across the region. We work in partnership with colleagues and communities in many sectors to devise cost effective solutions that secure sustainable health impacts for many conditions that inhibit quality of life.

You can download and share the Healthworks digital brochure here.

We won one of the GSK IMPACT Awards 2021!

We were absolutely thrilled to have won one of the GSK IMPACT Awards 2021 for our work improving the physical and mental health of people across the North East of England.

Following a rigorous selection and assessment process, Healthworks was chosen from more than 350 charities across the UK as one of the 10 winners of the 2021 GSK IMPACT Awards.

Watch our winner’s video:

The awards recognise the outstanding work of small and medium sized charities working to improve health and wellbeing in communities across the UK.  It was was recognised that despite the pandemic, Healthworks has continued to offer targeted health and wellbeing support to people living in the most disadvantaged parts of the North East.

Find out more about the award here.

What’s On

To find out the dates and times of our activities, please visit our What’s On section.

Our gyms are open Monday to Friday 8am to 8pm, and Saturday 9am to 1pm.  You can Find out more about our gyms here.

Get in touch

You can book a gym slot or an exercise class online via the free GymSync App or by contacting the main telephone lines:

Main telephone lines are open Monday to Friday 08:00 – 20:00 and Saturday 09:00 – 13:00:
• 0191 272 4244 for The Health Resource Centre, Benwell
• 0191 264 1959 for The Lemington Centre.

For non-urgent enquiries, please use the website enquiry form to contact us.

For urgent enquiries, you can find the contact details for our services below.  Please allow 24 hours (Mon to Fri) for a response.

Pre-school:
• Tel: 07983 362 038
• Email: [email protected]

Health Improvement Team: Physical Activity, Social Prescribing, Stop Smoking & Staying Steady
• Tel: 07539 225 003
• Email: [email protected]

Health Promotion Team: Cancer Team, Community Skills, Early Years Health Trainers
• Tel: 07944 925 391
• Email: [email protected]

Children and young people:
• Email: [email protected]

Keeping you safe

The Lemington Centre and The Health Resource Centre are designated as a COVID secure sites, as part of the Newcastle Covid Compliant Assurance Scheme.

It is no longer mandatory for you to wear a face covering whilst attending our Centres or accessing our services, however the government continues to advise the wearing of face coverings in “crowded and indoor spaces where you may come into contact with people you do not normally meet”.  To ensure all of our service users, partners, staff and tenants feel safe and comfortable when attending our Centres and participating in our activities, we would encourage everyone to continue to observe good hygiene practices and be mindful of the personal space of others.

Free Digital Resources

Our team has developed an extensive library of digital resources and downloads to support and promote health and wellbeing.  They are free to us, so please use them and share them with anyone you think would find them useful!

Click each icon to find out more about our services.