Could you be the new VHS Communications and Marketing Assistant
Voluntary Health Scotland is looking for someone exceptional to assist it to develop, carry out and analyse its communications with a wide range of audiences. This post offers the opportunity […]
What’s new? read our August 2017 e-bulletin
Our latest news 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 […]
Small Grants Scheme – To Absent Friends
Two small grants schemes are available to help organisations to participate in To Absent Friends, a people’s festival of storytelling and remembrance, taking place across Scotland from 1-7 November 2018. […]
What’s new? Read our July 2017 e-bulletin
Our latest news 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 […]
Putting heads together on loneliness
As it starts to develop a national strategy on social isolation and loneliness the Scottish Government has been actively seeking out the views of VHS, health charities and other organisations in our network including Befriending Networks, Age […]
Owen’s Blog: Scotland Third National Dementia Strategy – Are we there yet?
It is 10 years since the Scottish Government made dementia a national priority. A lot has changed in this time, with a number of significant developments in policy, practice and […]
Key Messages: Gold Star Exemplars: Third sector approaches to Community Link Working across Scotland
A report setting out the extensive and varied nature of third sector approaches to community link working across Scotland was launched by VHS on 27th June 2017 at a well […]
Key Messages: Stirling Mental Health and Social Support Seminar
Loneliness and social isolation, funding challenges and partnership opportunities were to the fore of discussion at our workshop on mental health and social support in Stirling. Between November 2016 and […]
Getting round the table on public health
Following the collaborative round table on public health that we held on 2nd May 2017, we are grateful to ScotPHN colleagues for producing an excellent note of the meeting and […]
Lesley’s Blog: Is loneliness among older people putting them at risk of harm and abuse?
As our new Helpline moves into its sixth month of operation, call trends are confirming an issue we’ve been hearing about for some time – that some older people are […]
