Susan’s blog: the loneliness of terminal illness
Terminal illness can be an extremely lonely and isolating experience – it can be incredibly restrictive physically, psychologically, socially, and spiritually, not just for people dying, but also their families […]
Hilda’s blog: building a kinder world
Loneliness and a lack of connection for people who want and need the companionship of others is one of the biggest challenges which face us today. Older adult day services […]
Conference Key Messages: Understanding the Gap
On 1st June 2016, Voluntary Health Scotland, in partnership with the Open University Scotland, held a conference Understanding the Gap: How Research can help us Address Health Inequalities in Scotland. The […]
Post Election Agenda for Health Event: Key Messages Report
With the dust settled following the results of the 2016 Scottish elections, VHS brought together over 50 voluntary health organisations to debate what lies ahead for Scotland’s future health. The […]
Angie’s Blog: Seeking Catalysts for Change
Building on the success of the Catalysts for Change projects in 2015, QNIS is keen to fund another series of projects looking at the broad area of reducing health inequalities. […]
Key Messages: The Deep End, Health Inequalities CPG
The final meeting of the CPG on Health Inequalities this Parliamentary session was on 25th February 2016, with Stewart Mercer, Professor of Primary Care Research, University of Glasgow and Director of the […]
Gordon’s Blog- Making connections on health and social care integration
Given the high profile nature of Audit Scotland’s work, it’s not unusual to be invited to address stakeholders at an event. So I’ll admit that I was nervous in accepting […]
The Open University Resources and Events
VHS and the Open University plan to collaborate in 2016. Here we highlight some useful OU resources. Centre of Excellence for Voluntary Sector Leadership: The Open University Business School (OUBS) is […]
Conference Key Messages: Closing the Gap
Voluntary Health Scotland held our annual conference and AGM on Wednesday the 11th of November in Edinburgh. The purpose of the conference was to make Scotland’s health inequalities a much […]
Katie’s blog: Closing the Gap conference reflections
”We all have a piece of the jigsaw but are seeing the picture differently,” Hilda Campbell of COPE Scotland said of efforts to tackle health inequalities at Voluntary Health Scotland’s […]
