Nicola’s Blog: Demonstrating CLWs’ Impact on Tackling Health Inequalities
Voluntary Health Scotland worked recently with Evaluation Support Scotland to offer a workshop for Community Link Workers on demonstrating the impact of their work on tackling health inequalities.
Micro-grants to communities boost Covid-19 vaccines and testing
Since April 2021 Edinburgh Voluntary Organisations Council (EVOC) has been distributing micro-grants on behalf of Edinburgh and Lothians Health Foundation to community organisations based across Edinburgh and the Lothians. Organisations […]
Scottish Government Budget 2022-23
Kimberley explores the key commitments in the Scottish Government’s Budget for 2022-23 Kate Forbes set out the Scottish Government’s Budget for 2022-23 on Thursday 9 December in Parliament. This was […]
Kiren’s Blog: Loneliness & social isolation in the time of COVID-19
We invited Kiren Zubairi, former VHS Policy Engagement Officer, to write a guest blog reflecting on the three year anniversary of the Zubairi Report: the lived experience of loneliness and […]
Health at the Heart of Communities: what’s love got to do with it?
Delegates to our Annual Conference on 6th October 2021 have given us some fantastic feedback which we’d like to share more widely. Our conference theme was Health at the Heart […]
A National Care Service for Scotland: Consultation Response
In our response to the Scottish Government’s consultation on creating a National Care Service, we have urged for meaningful engagement with the third and voluntary sector in the design, delivery […]
Celebrate the covid heroes – but what about the other volunteers?
Here we share a thoughtful and thought provoking poem written by a volunteer who reflects on their experience of being ‘surplus to requirement’ during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Wendy’s blog: See Us make a difference together
The last 18 months have had a huge impact on communities across Scotland. While we as a nation are only just beginning to understand the lasting impact of the COVID-19 […]
Kimberley’s blog: Looking beyond COVID
The pandemic has shone a light on the vast health inequalities which exist in Scotland. Looking beyond COVID there are a number of policy areas, including NHS recovery, which are […]
Leon’s Blog: Community-led wellbeing
Community responses to the pandemic were compassionate and inspiring – and highly practical. The Burghead community was one example – it was speedy, with local people and organisations forming a […]
