Bridging the Gap: Edinburgh Community Link Worker Service Practice Survey
Edinburgh CLW Service’s recent annual event reflected on their previous year’s achievements which saw 4,823 referrals to their service, the highest number of referrals to the service since its inception. […]
Community Link Workers Are Transforming Lives
Community Link Worker Service Delivers Measurable Impact Across Clackmannanshire and Stirling The latest report from Clackmannanshire and Stirling CLW team provides powerful evidence of how early intervention, social prescribing and […]
Social Connection Drives Demand to Dumfries and Galloway Community Link Workers
A recent report from the Community Link Worker Team working across Dumfries and Galloway highlights that social connection is the main driver of demand to their service. The report from […]
Policy Briefing: Prevention, Health, and the Third Sector
Today we published a policy briefing exploring the vital role of the third sector in preventative health. This briefing reflects the insights and experiences shared by VHS members, and builds […]
Update: Joint Statement on Prevention
Voluntary Health Scotland, together with The Health and Social Care Alliance (The ALLIANCE), Scottish Community Development Centre (SCDC), Edinburgh Community Health Forum, and Volunteer Scotland, have today published an update […]
VHS Response: Programme for Government
Programme for Government 2026-31: Putting Prevention and Health Creation into Action Voluntary Health Scotland (VHS) welcomes the Scottish Government’s Programme for Government 2026–31 and the stronger focus it places on prevention, community-based […]
VHS Responses: Pre-Budget Scrutiny
On Friday 14th August, we responded to the pre-budget scrutiny consultations for both the Finance and Public Administration Committee and the Public Service Reform Committee of the Scottish Parliament. These […]
Programme for Government Proposals
Today we shared four proposals for inclusion in the upcoming Programme for Government with key contacts in the Government. These proposals are based on recommendations detailed in our Manifesto for […]
Policy Briefing: Health Inequalities in Scotland
Today we shared a policy briefing with MSPs detailing information about current health inequalities in Scotland, including a summary of the findings from our recent (IN)VISIBLE research into sex, gender, […]
VHS Commitment to Anti-Racism
At VHS, we know that racism is a public health issue and a driver of health inequalities amongst racially minoritised communities. As such, we are pleased to share our Anti-Racism […]
