Rowan Alba Spotlight
This month James Evans, Health Inequalities Volunteer (Voluntary Health Scotland) met with Helen Carlin, Chief Executive of Rowan Alba. The unusual name is because, in Celtic mythology, the Rowan tree […]
Scottish Families affected by Alcohol and Drugs
This month James met with Christine Duncan (Chief Executive Officer) and Usman Ali (Policy and Development officer) from Scottish Families Affected by Alcohol and Drugs. Scottish Families are one of […]
Scottish Families affected by Alcohol and Drugs
This month James met with Christine Duncan (Chief Executive Officer) and Usman Ali (Policy and Development officer) from Scottish Families Affected by Alcohol and Drugs. Scottish Families are one of […]
Health Inequalities
While Scotland’s health is improving, the gap in health outcomes between the most and least advantaged groups in society is widening. People who are more disadvantaged, have a lower level […]
Learning Exchanges 2012-2013
The Learning Exchange progrmame is a joint initiative between the Community Health Exchange (CHEX), Community Food and Health Scotland, Voluntary Health Scotland and the Scottish Government Third Sector Unit. Originally […]
Third Sector Contributions to Narrowing Health Inequalities
As part of the first Challenge Poverty Week, co-ordinated by the Poverty Alliance, VHS Scotland held a Sounding Board on Thursday 17 October 2013 to examine and discuss the third sector […]
Living Streets
This month James met with Chris Thompson (Schools Co-ordinator) at Living Streets Scotland. Living Streets Scotland campaigns for safe, attractive and enjoyable streets, where people want to walk. Living Streets, […]
Drawing It All Together – Symposium & AGM
Thursday 28 November 2013, 10.00am – 4.00pm Quaker Meeting House, Victoria Terrace, Edinburgh EH1 2JL Explore & discuss four big inter-connected themes: Tackling health inequalities for a fairer, healthier Scotland Integrating health […]
Neighbourhood Networks
This month James Evans, Health Inequalities Volunteer with VHS, met David Watson (Team Manager) from Neighbourhood Networks. Neighbourhood Networks is a Glasgow based charity working to reduce the health inequalities […]
Children in Scotland working to reduce health inequalities
James Evans, VHS Health Inequalities Volunteer, met with Sara Collier (Policy Officer) and Lesley Warren (Campaigns and Communications Assistant) from Children in Scotland. An organisation with a firm grasp of […]
