Building an Intergenerational Nation 2022 is proving to be an exciting year for Generations Working Together (GWT) who are leading the Excellence Awards which offers recognition for intergenerational activities / projects across Scotland. The Awards will be presented at GWT’s International … [Read more...] about Bella’s Blog: Building an Intergenerational Nation
Key Messages: Data Strategy Health and Social Care
VHS hosted an engagement event with the Scottish Government on the 9th of February to discuss the recently published digital health and care strategy which commits to the development of Scotland’s first ever dedicated Data Strategy. It's important that people are at the heart of any developments … [Read more...] about Key Messages: Data Strategy Health and Social Care
Bushra’s Blog: Tackling organ and tissue donation inequalities in South Asian communities
Working in partnership Since 2014 Kidney Research UK has been working in partnership with the Scottish Government and NHS Blood and Transplant (Scotland) to train and manage a Peer Educator (PE) project amongst the South Asian (Sikh, Hindu and Muslim) communities of Glasgow, Edinburgh and … [Read more...] about Bushra’s Blog: Tackling organ and tissue donation inequalities in South Asian communities
CPG Health Inequalities: Active, Healthy and Creative Children in Scotland
The Cross Party Group on Health Inequalities met on Tuesday 1 February at 12.30 online via Zoom with the meeting chaired by Brian Whittle MSP. Meeting topic: Active approaches to health inequalities affecting children and young people We were delighted to be joined by: Dr Avril Johnston, … [Read more...] about CPG Health Inequalities: Active, Healthy and Creative Children in Scotland
CPG Health Inequalities: Responses to the inverse care law in Scotland
The Health Inequalities Cross Party Group met on Monday 6th December at 6pm online via Zoom. The meeting was chaired by Group Co-Convenor Paul O'Kane MSP. Topic: Responses to the inverse care law in Scotland An important ‘ground-up’ response to the challenges of the inverse care law emerged over a … [Read more...] about CPG Health Inequalities: Responses to the inverse care law in Scotland
VHS AGM & Annual Lecture 2021
VHS welcomed members and guests to our 17th AGM and Annual Lecture on the 25th November 2021. The meeting chaired by VHS Chair Rob Murray, Chief Executive of Cancer Support Scotland and Claire Stevens Chief Executive of Voluntary Health Scotland. We are delighted that we have the following … [Read more...] about VHS AGM & Annual Lecture 2021
Health at the Heart of Communities: what’s love got to do with it?
Delegates to our Annual Conference on 6th October 2021 have given us some fantastic feedback which we’d like to share more widely. Our conference theme was Health at the Heart of Communities and of the 101 people who attended 36 filled out our feedback form. The conference overall got a resounding … [Read more...] about Health at the Heart of Communities: what’s love got to do with it?
Health at the Heart of Communities: Annual Conference Key Messages
VHS hosted our annual conference of 2021 online on the 6th October. We were delighted to be joined by so many attendees from across sectors and across Scotland to discuss 'Health at the Heart of Communities'. We were delighted to be joined by: Humza Yousaf MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Health … [Read more...] about Health at the Heart of Communities: Annual Conference Key Messages
Grant’s Blog: Years of healthy life lost in Scotland’s communities
At Public Health Scotland (PHS) we want to see everyone live long and healthy lives. To work towards achieving this, we need a wide-ranging picture of what causes people in Scotland to die earlier than expected and what harms them – including, how this differs across our communities. We also need to … [Read more...] about Grant’s Blog: Years of healthy life lost in Scotland’s communities
Bella’s Blog: Intergenerational approaches make a real difference
Generations Working Together (GWT) the centre for excellence in in intergenerational (IG) work in Scotland places emphasis on the ‘real’ difference that IG work makes to health and wellbeing of individuals both young and old and the communities that they live in. IG work is more than just ‘feel … [Read more...] about Bella’s Blog: Intergenerational approaches make a real difference
