Scottish Community Link Worker Network Newsletter – out now!

Our April Network Newsletter is out now!
Danny’s blog: Edinburgh Community Link Workers and RSPB Edinburgh Partnership

Danny McShane, a Community Link Worker in Edinburgh, talks about their partnership with RSPB to develop the Nature Prescription for patients.
Clare’s Blog: stigma, financial support and the cost-of-living crisis

The Mental Health and Money Advice Service is the first UK-wide advice service that is dedicated to helping people affected by both mental health and money issues, launched back in […]
Laura’s Blog: A Community Link Worker Case Study

Community Links Practitioner Laura McEwing talks about a community group she has helped to set up at Baillieston Library. I have been working with a collective made up of grandparents/childminders/parents […]
What’s new? Read our April 2023 e- bulletin

Our latest news bulletin is packed with useful information for and about voluntary health organisations. Download it here Sign up to receive it direct each month
Consultation Responses: Freedom of Information Reform

March 2022 VHS responded to the Scottish Government consultation on the need for future legislative change of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA). We shared our draft response […]
Scottish Community Link Worker Network Newsletter – out now!

Our March Network Newsletter is out now! In this month’s edition, we have the usual news from around the Network including some blogs from Social Prescribing Day and information about […]
Has community planning made a difference?

On 30th January 2023 the Scottish Parliament’s Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee joined with 37 representatives from community and third sector organisations to hear about their experiences of community […]
What’s new? Read our March 2023 e- bulletin

Our latest news bulletin is packed with useful information for and about voluntary health organisations and a link to our 2023 Membership Survey, so you can tell us what you […]
Consultation: FOI and access to information rights in Scotland

We need your feedback! Access to information rights is an unusual topic for our network, but there are important reforms to legislation being consulted on which could impact many third […]