Many older adults in Scotland can struggle to eat enough to meet their nutritional needs. This can lead to malnutrition which can significantly affect their quality of life. Through work with partners across Scotland, Eat Well Age Well (as part of the Scottish Charity Food Train) has found that as … [Read more...] about Jen’s Blog: Eat Well Age Well: Preventing Malnutrition in Older Adults
Fiona’s Blog: the benefits of therapeutic gardening to people’s wellbeing
Trellis which is Scotland's network for therapeutic gardening, supports over 500 groups across the country who use therapeutic gardening (also known as 'Social and Therapeutic Gardening') to help people enhance their health and wellbeing. We help projects to get started, or at any point in their … [Read more...] about Fiona’s Blog: the benefits of therapeutic gardening to people’s wellbeing
We are recruiting: Policy and Research Officer (Scottish Community Link Worker Network)
We are currently seeking a part-time (21 hours a week) Policy and Research Officer to support the work of the Scottish Community Link Worker Network. We would love to hear from you if this role excites you and matches your skills and experience. Closing date for applications is 9am on Monday 6th … [Read more...] about We are recruiting: Policy and Research Officer (Scottish Community Link Worker Network)
Report on Community Link Worker Peer Support Events
The Scottish Community Link Worker Network hosted two community link worker peer support events in February and March to allow CLWs from across Scotland to come together, meet their peers and share experiences, challenges and good practice. The events also included updates from Scottish … [Read more...] about Report on Community Link Worker Peer Support Events
New funding to boost the Scottish Community Link Worker Network
We are delighted to announce that the Scottish Government Primary Care Division has awarded VHS a grant to support further development of the Scottish Community Link Worker throughout 2022-23. The new funding enhances VHS's capacity to support and develop the Network, at a time when link working is … [Read more...] about New funding to boost the Scottish Community Link Worker Network
Inquiry into Alternative Pathways to Primary Care spotlights link working
Alison Leitch, Community Link Worker Network Area Lead for North Edinburgh, was recently part of a panel presenting evidence to the Scottish Parliament's Health, Social Care and Sport Committee's Inquiry into Alternative Pathways to Primary Care. The Committee's MSPs spent a large part of their … [Read more...] about Inquiry into Alternative Pathways to Primary Care spotlights link working
Jim’s Blog – Smoking and Mental Health: A Forgotten Epidemic
Introduction ASH Scotland - Action on Smoking and Health (Scotland) - is the independent Scottish charity taking action to reduce the harm caused by tobacco. The IMPACT Project is part of our work to support the Scottish Government’s target of achieving a national smoking prevalence rate of 5% or … [Read more...] about Jim’s Blog – Smoking and Mental Health: A Forgotten Epidemic
Scottish Community Link Worker Network is now on Twitter!
The Scottish Community Link Worker Network has now got its own Twitter account! You can find us and follow us @ScotCLWnetwork We hope that this will be another useful way to share information, news, resources and ideas with the Network's Community Link Workers. … [Read more...] about Scottish Community Link Worker Network is now on Twitter!
Emma’s Blog – Guide Dogs Scotland: helping adults and children with a vision impairment
Emma Brown, Services Marketing Manager Scotland, from the charity Guide Dogs Scotland, outlines below how the organisation can help people with sight loss. She also discusses the resources available to learn the useful skill of sighted guiding as well as the benefits of volunteering with the … [Read more...] about Emma’s Blog – Guide Dogs Scotland: helping adults and children with a vision impairment
Nicola’s Blog: Demonstrating CLWs’ Impact on Tackling Health Inequalities
What we did Voluntary Health Scotland (VHS) supports the newly established Scottish Community Link Worker Network for Community Link Workers in primary care settings. Feedback from Community Link Workers (CLWs) over the last few months has shown that there is an appetite for learning and sharing … [Read more...] about Nicola’s Blog: Demonstrating CLWs’ Impact on Tackling Health Inequalities
