Our Chief Executive, Claire Stevens, is retiring at the end of March 2024, after a highly successful period of 12 years leading VHS. Under Claire’s leadership, VHS’s reputation has grown as a highly influential national intermediary for the voluntary health sector across Scotland. VHS are now … [Read more...] about Could you be our next Chief Executive?
Funding guaranteed to sustain Glasgow City’s community link worker programme
The Scottish Government has committed to providing the Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership with up to £1.2m for 2024-25 to sustain community link worker capacity in Glasgow. This follows concerns raised about cuts to services from April 2024. The funding fills a gap that the partnership … [Read more...] about Funding guaranteed to sustain Glasgow City’s community link worker programme
SCLWN Knowledge Exchange Event- November 2023
Knowledge Exchange Event – 15 November 2023 On 15 November, the Scottish Community Link Worker Network hosted its 4th Knowledge Exchange event. Fifty Community Link Workers attended to hear presentations and engage in Q&A with Chris Docherty, Community Engagement Co-ordinator at Chest Heart … [Read more...] about SCLWN Knowledge Exchange Event- November 2023
Jack’s Community Link Worker Story
Danielle McPhilemy is a Community Link Worker (CLW) in Stirlingshire. Her role in Fallin Health Centre is to link people attending their GP (or other primary care services) with local, often non-clinical, community resources. Jack McVitie was one of the first people to use the community link worker … [Read more...] about Jack’s Community Link Worker Story
Everything you need for the VHS AGM on 30th November 2023
Date: Thursday 30th November 2023 Time: 12.30 – 15.15 Place: Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High St, Edinburgh EH1 1SR What: Networking lunch, followed by the AGM and then The Big Debate, Shaping the Future of our Health and Care Who: All VHS members are most welcome How to … [Read more...] about Everything you need for the VHS AGM on 30th November 2023
Public Sector Equality Duty Review Update
In a recent letter addressed to colleagues, including VHS, Emma Roddick MSP, the Minister for Equalities, Migration, and Refugees in Scotland, provided an update on the ongoing review of the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) by the Scottish Government. The PSED is a crucial aspect of Scotland's … [Read more...] about Public Sector Equality Duty Review Update
Scottish Community Link Worker Network – October newsletter out now!
The October edition of our Scottish Community Link Worker Network newsletter is out now! You can read it here. Happy reading! … [Read more...] about Scottish Community Link Worker Network – October newsletter out now!
Key Messages and Presentations: VHS Annual Conference 2023
VHS hosted our annual conference on 25th October 2023 at Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh, titled The Health Creators Summit. View the photos from the day: (click to scroll through them) The event brought Health Creators from across Scotland together to explore some key themes around health … [Read more...] about Key Messages and Presentations: VHS Annual Conference 2023
Claire’s blog: building a health-creating society
25 October 2023 Each year the team at VHS works hard to come up with a theme and programme for our annual conference in October. It needs to grab people’s attention, capture their imagination and persuade them to come along and be part of the day, whether as a delegate, speaker or exhibitor. VHS … [Read more...] about Claire’s blog: building a health-creating society
VHS Annual Conference 2023 Poster Finalists!
This year our 2023 Poster Competition Theme is Health Creators We invited proposals from organisations for Poster Submissions to create a visualisation of their work around ‘Health Creators’ with a focus on what role they play in tackling health inequalities. This year our conference focuses … [Read more...] about VHS Annual Conference 2023 Poster Finalists!
