A health facilitator in a hi-vis vest talks with a group of industrial workers on the shop floor of a Montrose facility
Montrose & Angus · Scottish SCIO

Keeping Montrose's workforce healthy, informed and strong

Vibrant Health Advocates - Novara delivers plain-English health information and hands-on wellbeing support directly into the workplaces of Montrose's port, petrochemical and industrial workforce — because the people who keep this region's economy running deserve access to the same quality of health guidance as anyone else.

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1,400+ Workers reached annually
38 Employer partnerships active
94% Of attendees rate sessions useful
What we do

Health, where work actually happens

The men and women who work Montrose's docks, processing plants and industrial facilities operate in environments that place real, sustained demands on their bodies and minds. Shift patterns, noise, chemical exposure, heavy lifting, offshore rotations and the particular pressures of physically demanding work all accumulate over a career — and too often the first sign of a problem is the one that ends it.

Vibrant Health Advocates - Novara exists to change that. We come to where workers are, during working hours, with health sessions that are practical, jargon-free and built around the realities of industrial life in Angus. We cover everything from musculoskeletal health and hearing protection to cardiovascular risk, mental wellbeing and occupational disease awareness — not as a tick-box exercise, but as genuine, ongoing support for people whose health is their livelihood.

Our story
Health facilitator on a Montrose quayside, showing a diagram to dock workers during a break

On the quayside, Montrose Harbour

A health advocate and a worker share a quiet, supportive conversation in a site welfare room

One-to-one advocacy support

How we work

Three things that set us apart

Shop-Floor Delivery

We bring our sessions into facilities — not community halls or GP waiting rooms. Workers receive relevant health information in the environment where the risks actually exist, during the hours they are already there.

Plain-English Guidance

Every session is written and delivered without clinical jargon, so information lands clearly regardless of background or prior health literacy. Understanding is the point — not procedure, not paperwork.

Wellbeing Advocacy

When workers need to navigate the NHS, occupational health systems or benefits processes, we help them find their footing — acting as a trusted, independent voice in their corner at every step.

Four focused programmes, built for industrial work

Musculoskeletal health, cardiovascular awareness, hearing protection, and mental wellbeing at work — each tailored to the specific realities of this workforce.

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In the field

Scenes from our sessions

Health session on the shop floor of a Montrose industrial facility

Shop-floor session, Montrose

A health advocate supports a worker through a one-to-one advocacy appointment

One-to-one advocacy

Charity team preparing session materials in the Novara office

Preparing for the week ahead

Bring health support to your workforce

Whether you run a port facility, a processing plant or an industrial operation in Angus, we want to work with you. Our sessions fit around shift patterns and site access. Contact us to talk through what a partnership would look like.

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