Tees, Esk and Wear, England, December 2025 - Serve and Protect Credit Union awards £2,478 grant to Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust to tackle staff financial stress and boost wellbeing
The grant was provided to create staff wellbeing areas across TEWV locations with the specific aim of supporting the mental health of NHS staff: a critical need as financial pressures intensify within the public service sector. As the Trust's Staff Health & Wellbeing Lead, Russell Smith, highlights:
“We are seeing lots of financial wellbeing issues, financial vulnerabilities, staff worried about paying their bills. It’s a huge issue and we are well aware of it. Financial stress can lead to staff being unproductive, worried about work, unhappy at work, feeling burnt out and stressed.”
Five new wellbeing spaces offer NHS staff a sanctuary at work. Each is equipped...