VHS and Scottish Community Link Worker Network publish review of training and development needs of Community Link Workers
As a result of feedback from Scottish Community Link Worker Network members, VHS recently commissioned ABCD Consultants to undertake a review of the training and development needs of Community Link […]
Jen’s Blog: Eat Well Age Well: Preventing Malnutrition in Older Adults
Jen Grant, Project Dietitian from Eat Well Age Well talks about the work they do to prevent malnutrition in older adults
Fiona’s Blog: the benefits of therapeutic gardening to people’s wellbeing
Fiona Thackeray from Trellis: Scotland’s Network for Therapeutic Gardening, explains how their services can support people’s health and wellbeing.
We are recruiting: Policy and Research Officer (Scottish Community Link Worker Network)
We are currently seeking a part-time (21 hours a week) Policy and Research Officer to support the work of the Scottish Community Link Worker Network. We would love to hear […]
Report on Community Link Worker Peer Support Events
The Scottish Community Link Worker Network hosted two community link worker peer support events in February and March to allow CLWs from across Scotland to come together, meet their peers […]
New funding to boost the Scottish Community Link Worker Network
We are delighted to announce that the Scottish Government Primary Care Division has awarded VHS a grant to support further development of the Scottish Community Link Worker throughout 2022-23. The […]
Inquiry into Alternative Pathways to Primary Care spotlights link working
Alison Leitch, Community Link Worker Network Area Lead for North Edinburgh, was recently part of a panel presenting evidence to the Scottish Parliament’s Health, Social Care and Sport Committee’s Inquiry […]
Jim’s Blog – Smoking and Mental Health: A Forgotten Epidemic
Jim O’Rorke, Development Officer with ASH (Scotland) talks about their IMPACT project and the resources and advice it can provide about smoking and mental health.
Scottish Community Link Worker Network is now on Twitter!
The Scottish Community Link Worker Network has now got its own Twitter account! You can find us and follow us @ScotCLWnetwork We hope that this will be another useful way […]
Emma’s Blog – Guide Dogs Scotland: helping adults and children with a vision impairment
Emma Brown from Guide Dogs Scotland discusses the help available through the charity and how Community Link Workers can access resources for the people they support.
