Alison’s Blog: Partnership and Collaboration
It was great to attend the Valuing and Sustaining Volunteering in Health Conference in Glasgow recently. This event was supported by the Scottish Government and attended by a whole range […]
Key Messages: Valuing and Sustaining Volunteering in Health Conference
On 14th of May VHS held a conference in Glasgow to explore good practice in volunteering where it is delivered by NHS and third sector working together. The conference was sponsored […]
Key Messages: Culture, Health and Wellbeing in Rural Scotland
VHS in collaboration with Scottish Rural Health Partnership (SRHP) hosted this event exploring culture, health and wellbeing in rural settings, at the University of Highlands and Islands (UHI) in Inverness. […]
Key Messages: Mental wellbeing, social isolation and loneliness in rural Scotland
VHS presented this one hour workshop at The Gathering on 20th February 2019, in partnership with the Scottish Rural Health Partnership which is hosted by the University of Highlands and […]
Conversation Notes: Culture, health and wellbeing
Following on from the VHS annual conference in November 2018, we held a small round table on 4th February 2019, as part of our commitment to “keep the conversation going” […]
Key Messages: The Future of Public Health- Bicycle or Frog?
VHS presented this one hour workshop at The Gathering, on behalf of the Health Inequalities Learning Collaborative, supported by NHS Health Scotland. The aim was to explore what public health […]
CPG Health Inequalities: Loneliness and social isolation
The Health Inequalities Cross Party Group met on the 31st January to discuss loneliness and social isolation and the impact on health inequalities. The meeting was chaired by co-convenor of […]
Minister for Public Health, Sport & Wellbeing addresses the Health Inequalities CPG
Scottish Government Minister Joe Fitzpatrick MSP addressed our evening reception in the Scottish Parliament Garden Lobby on 11th December, held to celebrate the work of the Cross Party Group on […]
Sir Harry Burns on The Failure of Public Policy
At our annual conference, Professor Sir Harry Burns talked to John Macgill of www.healthandcare.scot about the voluntary sector’s role in tackling despair. Here we publish the interview in full. Public […]
Key Messages: VHS Annual Conference- Get The Picture
VHS hosted our 2018 Annual Conference on 20th November in Edinburgh. The event had over 150 delegates registered with 15 Exhibitors, 8 Posters on display and 12 contributors to the […]
