Scottish Community Link Worker Network: January Knowledge Exchange
The Scottish Community Link Worker Network hosted the second Knowledge Exchange Event on Thursday 19th January. We had over 65 attendees register to join us on Zoom. Our first speaker […]
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 […]
Key Messages: AGM and Annual Lecture
Following the formal proceedings of the Voluntary Health Scotland Annual General Meeting, we held our annual lecture at the Scottish Storytelling Centre in Edinburgh. We heard from Susan Brown, Assistant […]
CPG Health Inequalities: December 2022 Meeting
The Cross Party Group on Health Inequalities met on at 6pm on Wednesday 14th December online via Zoom. The meeting was chaired by co-convenor Emma Harper MSP and Group Member […]
Parliamentary Debate: Tackling Health Inequalities in Scotland
Parliamentary Debate Briefing for MSPs December 2022 Following the publication of the Health, Social Care & Sport Committee’s report on health inequalities and the Scottish Government’s response, there is due […]
Broader Reach and Stronger Voice: Reflecting on the inclusivity of the COVID-19 vaccine programme and collaboration with the third sector
Our new publication, Broader Reach and Stronger Voice: Reflecting on the inclusivity of the COVID-19 vaccine programme and collaboration with the third sector, is now available. In May 2022 VHS […]
VHS Annual Conference 2022: Fair Health- Who Gets it?
VHS hosted our annual conference in person for the first time since 2019, at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Glasgow on the 26th October 2022. We were delighted to welcome […]
Members Meet Up: What price health? The Cost-of-Living Crisis, Health and the Third Sector
Members Meet Up Key Messages In October VHS members gathered for an online meeting to discuss how the cost-of-living crisis was impacting their organisations and the people they support. […]
CPG Health Inequalities: October 2022 Meeting
The Cross Party Group on Health Inequalities met on at 6pm on Wednesday 19th October online via Zoom. The meeting was chaired by co-convenor Paul O’Kane MSP. Meeting topic: Health […]
SCLWN -Demonstrating impact on health inequalities follow up session
Demonstrating impact on health inequalities Report of follow up peer learning session for Community Link Workers Background This follow up session was for community link workers who had attended our […]
