Lobbying Act – what is going on?
The Lobbying (Scotland) Act 2016, informally known as the ‘Lobbying Act’ will become officially active on 12 March 2018. Passed in 2016, the Act states that certain face-to-face meetings with […]
Jim’s Blog: Smoking and Mental Health- A Neglected Epidemic
My Experience of Smoking and Mental Health I’ve come to work for ASH Scotland on the IMPACT Project, which provides important information on the effect of smoking on mental health; […]
Scottish Civil Society backs call to end the benefit freeze
VHS is one of forty-five organisations across Scotland calling on the Chancellor of the Exchequer to end the freeze on working age and children’s benefits in the November 2017 budget. The […]
Health Policy Officers Network: Next Stages of the Public Health Reform
The Health Policy Officers Network (HPON) held its 6th Meeting on 20th September 2017 with Robert Skey from the Scottish Government as the key speaker. Robert is leading on the […]
Conference Key Messages: Volunteering the Golden Thread in Health
On 14th of September VHS held a conference, ‘Volunteering the Golden Thread in Health’, which brought together over 120 delegates to discuss volunteering by third sector organisations in an NHS setting. The […]
Membership Survey 2017 Results
In June 2017 we sent out a membership survey to our 156 member organisations. The purpose of the survey was to get feedback on our current work programme, as well as […]
Obesity and its link to cancer – what do we know, and what can we do?
Many of us will remember a time when it was commonplace to take home the lingering smell of cigarette smoke after spending the evening in a restaurant or pub. Now, […]
What’s new? Read our September 2017 e-bulletin
Our latest e-bulletin is packed with useful information for and about voluntary health organisations. Download it here or sign up to get it direct each month: subscribe to VHS monthly e-bulletin
VHS Response to Socio-Economic Duty Consultation
Voluntary Health Scotland have responded to the Scottish Government consultation on the socio-economic duty. We welcome the socio-economic duty as an initiative that can reduce socio-economic disadvantage. However, we are […]
Community Link Working: What is happening?
There has been a lot of third sector led activity relating to Link worker initiatives. Voluntary Health Scotland have tried to capture some of this in our recent publication Gold […]
