Community Link Worker October Programme Lead Event

This event is aimed specifically for Programme Leads for Community Link Workers in Scotland. This event aims to bring together Programme Leads from Community Link Worker Programmes across Scotland to […]
Scottish Community Link Worker Network – September Peer Support Event 2023

**These events are aimed specifically at Community Link Workers who are working directly within a Primary Care setting in Scotland** To support Community Link Workers’ (CLWs) wellbeing and to enable […]
Interim Report: Scottish Community Link Worker Network – Mapping Research

Over the last few months Voluntary Health Scotland and the Scottish Community Link Worker Network have been carrying out research to find out more about community link worker programmes across […]
Scottish Community Link Worker Network: Knowledge Exchange Event June 2023

On the 8th of June 2023, The Scottish Community Link Worker Network hosted a Knowledge Exchange event online, attended by 37 Link Workers from across Scotland. Our guest speakers were: […]
Scottish Community Link Worker Network Newsletter out now!

Our May Network Newsletter is out now! In this month’s edition, we have the usual news from around the Network including details of our next Knowledge Exchange event on 8 […]
Key Messages: Scottish Community Link Worker Network Annual Conference 2023

On the 24th May 2023, we were joined by Community Link Workers, Programme Leads, Third Sector Partners and our conference speakers for the first ever Scottish Community Link Worker Network […]
Murdoch’s Blog: Connecting Human Kindness to Human Crisis

The British Red Cross has a long and proud history of working in partnership with the NHS, Social Care and other charitable organisations to help support people both in time […]
Laura’s blog: How community link workers can help people access disability benefits

I’m a Service Manager within our Health and Social Care Division at Social Security Scotland. We’re now delivering 13 benefits to the people of Scotland, including Child Disability Payment and […]
Roisin’s Blog: Giving a Voice to Scotland’s Community Link Workers

The last few weeks have been extremely busy here at Voluntary Health Scotland (VHS) as we get ready for the Scottish Community Link Worker Network’s (SCLWN) first ever Annual Conference […]
Helen’s Blog: Walking and wheeling can be the best medicine

Walking and wheeling can be a person’s best medicine. A modern take on what Hippocrates said over 2,000 years ago, and the principle is still the same. Walking can have […]