Spotlight on Healthy n Happy
This month, Jenny Lester, Communications and Marketing Assistant at VHS, met with Rebecca Haack, the Operations Director, and Healthy n Happy. The community development trust work towards healthy and happy […]
#StayMobileStayConnected
ROAR is a charity that provides preventative health and wellbeing clubs and community based projects for older adults. Their latest campaign #staymobilestayconnected has engaged and empowered older people in Renfrewshire […]
Dom’s blog: what’s a conservation organisation doing in VHS?
TCV (The Conservation Volunteers) was established in the 1950s and, as the name will suggest, has been involved in getting people outdoors and contributing to the conservation of their local […]
Susan’s Blog: You Matter
“You matter because you are you, and you matter to the end of your life.” Dame Cicely Saunders, the Founder of the modern hospice movement, knew the importance of […]
Maureen’s blog: Arthritis and Mental Health
“Isolation is my problem. When I am in pain I avoid contact with people. This makes me depressed, which locks me in to a cycle of pain. Also tiredness makes […]
Maureen’s Blog: See me for who I am
We are all ageing. With 8% of our population over 75 years old, it is unsurprising that on a daily basis in the media there are stories about the increase […]
Spotlight on Pilton Community Health Project
This month, Jenny Lester, Communications and Marketing Assistant at VHS, met with Helen Scammel, co-director, at Pilton Community Health Project. PCHP uses a social model of health and works using […]
Norman’s blog: Human Rights in Medicine – Myth and Reality
A conference on human rights in medicine at the Royal College of Physicians on 20th November 2017 gave me a lot of food for thought. Overall the Conference underpinned the […]
Marie-Amélie’s blog: Because we’re only human after all
On the importance of social connectedness for mental health and wellbeing Mental Health has been a taboo for a long time. It is encouraging to see the topic going up […]
Julie’s blog: Calling Time on Alcohol and Ageism
Julie discusses the barriers and stigma shown towards older people with alcohol problems and argues that with the right support is in place people are motivated to make positive changes.
