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Digitally switched on to health

January 27, 2015

Over 2014 we supported ten voluntary health organisations to develop fit for purpose websites, to improve their visibility and credibility with funders and service users. Now you can see the results and hear the project’s story through our specialist webpages: Digital Inclusion for Health.

The project was VHS’s response to some of our smaller member organisations telling us that they either had no website at all or only a very poor website. The common issue was both a lack of resources and a lack of specialist skills.

Having a strong digital presence is crucial these days for any organisation, not least voluntary health organisations needing to promote their services to the public, funders, local authorities and the NHS. So VHS set out to give ten voluntary health organisations a new, fit for purpose website. With funding from the Scottish Government Patient Support and Participation Unit we worked in partnership with website design cooperative, the graphics coop.

Now our Digital Inclusion for Health web pages tell the story of the ten organisations, showing  their ‘before’ and ‘after’ websites, and explains what the participants learned during the course of working on the project.

The ten organisations are:

  • Safe Space offer support for survivors of sexual abuse in Fife
  • Forth Valley Top Toes a new volunteer toe cutting service for older folk
  • Braveheart activity and support for people with long term conditions
  • North Glasgow Community Food Initiative a community food and healthy eating initiative
  • East Renfrewshire Carers’ Centre offer support for carers
  • Lothian Community Health Initiatives’ Forum offer support for Lothian health groups
  • Edinburgh M.E. Self Help Group (edmesh) a self help group for people with  M.E.
  • Kingsway Court Health & Wellbeing Centre a community health and wellbeing centre
  • Carers of East Lothian offer support for carers
  • Care Farming Scotland offering support for people with mental health problems into farming

To find out more about the project, contact Project Development Officer Lesley Munro

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Braveheart, Care Farming Scotland, Carers of East Lothian, digital, East Renfrewshire Carers Centre, Edinburgh ME Self Help Group, Edmesh, Forth Valley Top Toes, graphics coop, health, Kingsway Court Health and Wellbeing Centre, Lothian Community Health Initiatives Forum, North Glasgow Community Food Initiative, Safe Space, VHS, voluntary

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