Bella’s Blog: Building an Intergenerational Nation
Building an Intergenerational Nation 2022 is proving to be an exciting year for Generations Working Together (GWT) who are leading the Excellence Awards which offers recognition for intergenerational activities / […]
Bushra’s Blog: Tackling organ and tissue donation inequalities in South Asian communities
Working in partnership Since 2014 Kidney Research UK has been working in partnership with the Scottish Government and NHS Blood and Transplant (Scotland) to train and manage a Peer Educator […]
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Key Messages: Members Meeting January 2022
Voluntary Health Scotland members met online to reflect on the year and look at priorities for 2022 Tuesday 25 of January The wide-ranging discussion covered organisations’ individual services and workstreams, […]
NPF4, what’s health got to do with it?
I think it’s fair to say that analysing a national planning framework is quite a daunting prospect for many of us working in the health and social care sector. Planning […]
Updating the SIGN guidelines for the care of deteriorating patients
The Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN), part of Healthcare Improvement Scotland, is seeking participants with lived experience to join a multi-disciplinary group that will update the SIGN guideline on care […]
What’s new? Read our January 2022 e- bulletin
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Consultation Response: Good Food Nation (Scotland) Bill
The Scottish Parliament’s Rural Affairs, Islands & Natural Environment (RAINE) Committee is leading the scrutiny of the Good Food Nation (Scotland) Bill. The Bill requires the Scottish Government and relevant […]
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 […]
