Upcoming Events
Connecting Health in Scotland and New Zealand
We are set to hold a fascinating international exchange of views and experiences over lunch, in a round table discussion with Paula Barker, Manager of the Braemar Charitable Trust, Hamilton, New Zealand. Paula is coming to Edinburgh this September for the Social Enterprise World Forum and reached out to VHS to say ‘kia ora!’ and to ask for some help in building connections with our voluntary and public health sectors whilst she is here. In response we of course said “mile a ‘cur fàilte!” and offered to pull together a group of…
Health Inequalities Cross Party Group AGM: October 2018
The next meeting of the Health Inequalities Cross Party Group will take place on the evening of Tuesday 30th October in the Scottish Parliament. This meeting will be the AGM and will be chaired by Anas Sarwar MSP, Co-Convenor of the Group. More information on the topic and speakers will be announced shortly. VHS is Secretariat of the CPG. For more information about the CPG visit the Scottish Parliament website Please get in touch with Lauren Blair if you have…
VHS Annual Conference and AGM 2018
Save the date for Get The Picture: Culture, Health and Wellbeing – our 2018 Annual Conference and AGM, Tuesday 20th November at the John McIntyre Conference Centre in Edinburgh. We are delighted that our Keynote speaker will be Professor Sir Harry Burns the Director of Global Public Health at the University of Strathclyde Glasgow. With the Scottish Government due to publish a National Culture Strategy later this year, Get the Picture invites you to make room for the head, heart…
Parliamentary Reception: Health Inequalities Cross Party Group
On the evening of Tuesday 11th December the Health Inequalities Cross Party Group will celebrate its work at a reception in the Scottish Parliament Garden Lobby, sponsored by Donald Cameron MSP, Co-Convenor of the CPG. Further information about the evening to follow shortly. VHS is Secretariat of the CPG and organising this event. For more information about the CPG visit the Scottish Parliament website If you have any questions at all please contact Lauren Blair.