Community Link Workers, Mental Health and Audit Scotland

Late last year VHS facilitated engagement between Audit Scotland and Community Link Workers (CLWs), providing a platform for the latter to share their views on mental health services in Scotland […]
Change Mental Health: Community Link Worker Newsletter

Change Mental Health (formerly Support in Mind Scotland) manages the contract for Community Link Workers in Highland. They have recently published their New Year Newsletter where you can read all […]
Scottish Community Link Worker Network Newsletter

Our December newsletter is out now! In this month’s edition, we have the usual news from around the Network and details of next knowledge exchange event in January and our […]
Scottish Community Link Worker Network Newsletter

Our October newsletter is out now for all the news and latest updates from the Network.
Sarah’s Blog: Support for Families Impacted by Imprisonment

Sarah Rogers from Families Outside talks about the support that they can provide to families impacted by imprisonment and how Community Link Workers can refer people for support.
Alison’s Blog: Link Life Fife One Year On

Alison Beaty, Project Support Officer at Link Life Fife reflects on their first year of supporting people to connect to a range of services in Fife.
Lynsey and Kirsty’s Blog: The Power of Walking

Kirsty McDonald and Lynsey Brodie from The Alliance talk about the walking tours of Glasgow they organised during self-management week to support people’s health and wellbeing.
Wullie’s blog: how a Glasgow community link worker is using golf to support people’s wellbeing

Wullie Pearson who is a Community Link Worker at Cairntoul Medical Practice in Glasgow talks about his Tee’d Off project which demonstrates the positive impact that sport can have on people’s mental health and wellbeing.
Kevin’s Blog: Supporting Financial Wellbeing
Kevin Duffy, Scotland Partnership Manager at the Money and Pensions Service talks about the importance of financial wellbeing and the launch of Scotland’s mental health and money toolkit which has been distributed to GP practices across Scotland.
Scottish Community Link Worker Network Newsletter

Our September Newsletter is out!