This month, Jenny Lester, Communications and Marketing Assistant at VHS, met with Rebecca Haack, the Operations Director, and Healthy n Happy. The community development trust work towards healthy and happy living in Cambuslang and Rutherglen by providing opportunities for people to actively improve … [Read more...] about Spotlight on Healthy n Happy
A Weighty Issue: Understanding and Action on Health and Obesity Graphic
The following infographic reflects the key messages from our event A Weighty Issue: Understanding and Action on Health and Obesity at the 2018 Gathering in February. You can also read the full key messages. You can download the full graphic. Please contact Lauren.Blair@vhscotland.org.uk if … [Read more...] about A Weighty Issue: Understanding and Action on Health and Obesity Graphic
#StayMobileStayConnected
ROAR is a charity that provides preventative health and wellbeing clubs and community based projects for older adults. Their latest campaign #staymobilestayconnected has engaged and empowered older people in Renfrewshire to take the lead in a film making project. The six short films written, filmed, … [Read more...] about #StayMobileStayConnected
Making Time for A Connected Scotland
We have created a handy timeline to capture some of our work on loneliness and health over the last 15 months, gathering most of our briefings, blogs and presentations onto this one web page. We hope this will encourage and support voluntary health organisations to prepare their own responses to the … [Read more...] about Making Time for A Connected Scotland
CPG on Health Inequalities: Health and Social Care Standards 25th January 2018
The Cross Party Group on Health Inequalities met on 25th January 2018 to consider the Health and Social Care Standards 2017 and health inequalities. Dr Fiona Wardell, Team Lead for the Standards, Healthcare Improvement Scotland and Henry Mathias, Strategic Lead for the Standards, at the Care … [Read more...] about CPG on Health Inequalities: Health and Social Care Standards 25th January 2018
CPG on Health Inequalities: Culture and Health 7th December 2017
The Cross Party Group on Health Inequalities met on 7th December 2017 to discuss culture, arts and health. Read the Minutes During 2017 and 2018 the Scottish Government is working on Developing A Culture Strategy for Scotland. As Secretariat to the CPG, VHS organised this particular CPG … [Read more...] about CPG on Health Inequalities: Culture and Health 7th December 2017
What’s new? Read our March 2018 e-bulletin
Our latest news e-bulletin is packed with useful information for and about voluntary health organisations. Download it here or sign-up to get it direct each month. … [Read more...] about What’s new? Read our March 2018 e-bulletin
Summary Briefing: New GP Contract
VHS have completed a summary briefing which provides a general overview of the new GP contract for a third sector audience and details the changes to Primary Care and the intended outcomes for health and care in communities as well as the proposed improvement in health of patients. The briefing … [Read more...] about Summary Briefing: New GP Contract
Key Messages: A weighty issue: Understanding and Action on Obesity and Health
VHS hosted a collaborative learning event at The Gathering in Glasgow, supported by the NHS Health Scotland Inequalities Learning Collaborative. Its aim was to foster understanding and action on obesity and health inequalities. It was chaired by Gregor McNie, Head of External Affairs (Devolved … [Read more...] about Key Messages: A weighty issue: Understanding and Action on Obesity and Health
Dom’s blog: what’s a conservation organisation doing in VHS?
TCV (The Conservation Volunteers) was established in the 1950s and, as the name will suggest, has been involved in getting people outdoors and contributing to the conservation of their local greenspaces ever since. What might be a bit more of a surprise, but answers straight away why we are … [Read more...] about Dom’s blog: what’s a conservation organisation doing in VHS?
