VHS Strategic Plan 2025-2030 – Collaboration for Health Creation
We are delighted to share our VHS Strategic Plan 2025-2030 – Collaboration for Health Creation – which reflects the views and experiences of our members. This strategic plan was developed […]
VHS Social Research: Gender and Health
We are excited to invite you to participate in a new VHS social research project exploring the relationship between gender and health. This will be the first in a series […]
Improvement Service Blog: Helping to tackle health inequalities by turning insight into action
The Improvement Service (IS) supports Local Government in Scotland to provide effective community leadership, have strong local governance, and to deliver high-quality local services. The IS has a dedicated evaluation […]
Alison’s Blog: Community Food Matters-What stakeholders told us and why it counts
Community food initiatives are uniquely placed to support multiple health outcomes and reach marginalised groups across Scotland. Alison Owens, Health Improvement Manager, discusses Public Health Scotland’s (PHS) engagement with the […]
Art in Healthcare Blog: Creativity That Heals
Art in Healthcare’s mission is to provide engaging and impactful creative opportunities to support and improve the mental and physical health and wellbeing of individuals in Scotland. Many of these […]
‘It’s not about systems, it’s about people’ – the impact of community-led support in Fife.
Fife’s Community Led Support Annual Report 2024 was recently presented to the Fife Intregration Joint Board. As well as receiving a very enthusiastic reception from the Board, the report also […]
VHS Manifesto for Health Creation
On 2nd October, we launched our Manifesto for Health Creation at an event held at the Scottish Storytelling Centre. Over 40 members and stakeholders joined us to hear more about […]
VHS Consultation Response: Scotland’s Census 2031
On 30th September we submitted our response to the National Records of Scotland consultation regarding the 2031 Census. At VHS, we regularly hear from our members that they are unable […]
Joint Statement on Prevention
A partnership of third and community organisations, including Voluntary Health Scotland, have come together to set out the urgent action required to achieve the prevention-centred system needed to tackle Scotland’s […]
Scottish Community Link Worker Network Newsletter – September Edition Out Now!
Our Network September newsletter is out now with all the usual round up of news, training, events and resources that will be of interest to our Network’s CLWs. Happy reading! […]
