Key Messages: Gold Star Exemplars: Third sector approaches to Community Link Working across Scotland
A report setting out the extensive and varied nature of third sector approaches to community link working across Scotland was launched by VHS on 27th June 2017 at a well […]
Key Messages: Stirling Mental Health and Social Support Seminar
Loneliness and social isolation, funding challenges and partnership opportunities were to the fore of discussion at our workshop on mental health and social support in Stirling. Between November 2016 and […]
Lorraine’s Blog: Looking through a public health lens – what did we see?
Audit Scotland has an interest in improving the health of the population – indeed, don’t we all? How do we know what’s value for money, what works and what’s important […]
How Can Social Marketing Help Us Develop a Strategic Approach to Loneliness?
VHS have been working with Glasgow Caledonian University lecturer Brian Smith and his students, who worked in 4 teams to address the following brief for VHS: “Design a business to business social […]
Key Messages: Glasgow Mental Health and Social Support Seminar
VHS, the Open University and Support in Mind Scotland have partnered together to present a programme of events across the country on mental health and social support, running between November […]
Katie’s blog: Loneliness, a threat to Scotland’s health
One in five of us feel lonely often or always, according to important research from British Red Cross, which describes loneliness as “an increasing but under-recognised crisis that is shortening […]
Conference Key Messages: Loneliness, A Threat to Scotland’s Health
On the 24th of November 2016, Voluntary Health Scotland held our annual conference titled Loneliness- a threat to Scotland’s health. The purpose of the conference was to examine the damage that […]
Su’s Blog: Community Renaissance – How to unblock the straw
I’m not one for a lot of words really, but, here I go… Today I’m on one of my soap boxes, and one which I feel I can never resolve. […]
Dinah’s blog: Learning difficulties and loneliness for children, young people and families
Loneliness can affect anyone, and this is also true for children and young people even when they spend much of their day in amongst their peers. The busy, noisy and […]
Key Messages: Dundee Mental Health and Social Support Seminar
On the 2nd November in Dundee, VHS, the Open University and Support in Mind Scotland partnered together to present the first seminar in a programme of events on mental health and social support. […]
