Everything you need for the VHS AGM on 28th November 2024
Date: Thursday 28th November 2024 Time: 10 am – 11.40 am Venue: Online (Zoom) Event overview: VHS AGM meeting. VHS Event “From Crisis to Control: Preventing the Ticking Time Bomb […]
VHS November 2024 e-Newsletter
The VHS November 2024 e-Newsletter is out now. Packed with news, events and updates. We hope you enjoy! Read it here. If you’d like to receive the e:Newsletter please sign […]
SCLWN Peer Support Event: Trauma
The Scottish Community Link Worker Network welcomed Fiona Douglas from the Health Promoting Health Service at NHS Lanarkshire to the peer support event on the 5th of November to discuss […]
Roisin’s Blog – Celebrating Befriending Week
As the Project Manager for the Scottish Community Link Worker Network, I hear regularly from Community Link Workers about the need for more services to address social isolation and loneliness; […]
Sarah’s Blog: Amplifying the voices of older people to address health inequalities
As Chief Executive of LifeCare, an Edinburgh based charity supporting older people (and trustee of VHS), it should be no surprise that my blog focuses on the impact of health […]
Avril’s Blog: Why it’s important to collect equalities data
Avril Mckenzie, Senior Health Improvement Officer at Public Health Scotland talks about the recent work to improve data collection from people who have protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010 […]
Ygam Blog: Raising greater awareness around gaming and gambling harms
Ygam is an award-winning charity with a mission to prevent children and young people from experiencing gaming and gambling harms, through awareness-raising, education, and research. Since its inception in 2014, […]
SCLWN Event: Adult Disability Independent Payment Review
Voluntary Health Scotland and the Scottish Community Link Worker Network recently worked with Edel Harris, OBE, to host a discussion event in relation to Adult Disability Payment (ADP) Review. The […]
Scottish Community Link Worker Network Newsletter out now!
Our October newsletter is out now, with all the latest news, events and resources from across the Network. We hope you enjoy reading it!
VHS Annual Conference 2024: Key Messages and Presentations
VHS held our Annual Conference: Scotland’s Vital Health Sector on the 23rd of October in Edinburgh. We welcomed 140 attendees from across Scotland all working towards reducing health inequalities. View […]
