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March 2019
Culture, Health and Wellbeing in Rural Scotland
This free to attend briefing and discussion event is a joint collaboration between VHS and the Scottish Rural Health Partnership. The event will explore a range of topics concerning the relationship between cultural interventions and our health and wellbeing, with the focus on rural Scotland. Engagement with culture and the arts has tangible effects on people’s health. It supports individuals to thrive, and can aid recovery, shorten the length of hospital stay and reduce reliance on GP visits and medication. It…
April 2019
Falling off a cliff at 65: mental health in later life
This cross-sectoral round table is a collaboration between VHS, Support in Mind Scotland and Royal College of Physicians Edinburgh. There is an urgent need to shine a light into the evident chasm into which people fall at age 65 if they either have a long-standing mental health condition (e.g. schizophrenia) or if they develop one (e.g. depression or anxiety). The round table discussion will focus on what happens to people with mental health conditions other than dementia once they become…
Health Inequalities Cross Party Group: Poverty and Health
The Cross Party Group on Health Inequalities will meet on Tuesday 30th April 2019 to discuss poverty in relation to health inequalities. The meeting will be chaired by Richard Lyle MSP, Co-Convenor of the CPG. VHS is Secretariat of the Group. Speakers are Douglas Hamilton, Chair of the Poverty and Equalities Commission and Gwen Irvine, Senior Policy and Development Officer at Carnegie UK Trust. Douglas will update on the work of the Commission and Gwen will report on Carnegie’s new report exploring…
May 2019
Valuing and Sustaining Volunteering in Health Conference
Valuing and Sustaining Volunteering in Health Tuesday 14 May 2019 The Studio, 67 Hope Street, Glasgow ****FULLY BOOKED**** This full-day conference will explore good practice in volunteering where it is delivered by NHS and third sector working together. The focus will be primarily on volunteering in NHS settings, in particular hospitals. We aim to raise the profile of volunteering in health, celebrate what works well, be open and honest about issues and challenges, and look to the future…
September 2019
VHS Annual Conference 2019
Join us on Tuesday 17th of September at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Glasgow for the VHS Annual Conference. This year’s theme will be The Right to Health and are busy scoping the potential programme, so if you are interested in contributing to this, please let us know. More information to follow. To be kept up to date on conference developments or if you have any questions, please contact Lauren Blair.
November 2019
VHS Annual General Meeting
Save the date: Wednesday 20th of November 2019 VHS will host our AGM as a half day morning event followed by lunch on the 20th November in Edinburgh. We are delighted to welcome as our guest speaker: Dr William Bird MBE, CEO and Founder of Intelligent Health, GP, creator of Green Gyms, Beat the Street & Health Walks. More information to follow soon!