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SUMMARY:Scottish Community Link Worker Network: Knowledge Exchange Event November
DESCRIPTION:***This event is aimed specifically at Community Link Workers who are working directly within a Primary Care setting in Scotland. Managers/Programme Leads for these Community Link Workers are also welcome to attend.*** \nThis event will take place online on Zoom. \nBook your place here.\nThe Scottish Community Link Worker Network will be hosting its third Knowledge Exchange Event on 15th of November from 10am – 12pm \nWe are delighted to announce that we will be joined by speakers from Chest\, Heart and Stroke Scotland and the Pain Association Scotland. \nEach presentation will be followed by Q&A and open discussion with the presenters and other attendees. \nPlease contact Lauren Blair with any questions about the event lauren.blair@vhscotland.org.uk \nThis event is for the Scottish Community Link Worker Network. please contact Roisin Hurst If you have questions about the network.
URL:https://vhscotland.org.uk/event/18495/
LOCATION:online Via Zoom
CATEGORIES:VHS Event
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231130T123000
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SUMMARY:Shaping the Future of our Health and Healthcare: the VHS Big Debate and AGM
DESCRIPTION:A warm invitation to all our member organisations. Join us for this year’s AGM event on 30th November\, with a St Andrew’s Day themed lunch to celebrate our National Day in Scotland and the chance to renew old acquaintances and build new ones. \nNew for our AGM programme this year is the VHS Big Debate\, presenting a panel of feisty third sector health leaders keen to debate the future of Scotland’s health and healthcare. \nGather with us and other VHS members to listen\, challenge and enjoy the Big Debate – and to help contribute to VHS’s good governance by attending our AGM. \nThe Big Debate: \n\nDebate Host: John Macgill\, Publisher\, HealthandCare.Scot\nRob Murray\, Director for Scotland\, British Red Cross\nJennifer Forsyth\, Policy and Evidence Manager\, Obesity Action Scotland\nBilly McClean\, Head of Community Health and Care\, South Ayrshire Health and Social Care Partnership\nEmma Nieminen\, Health System Engagement Lead\, Diabetes Scotland\nMaureen O’Neill\, Director\, Faith in Older People\nChristine Carlin\, Board Member\, Voluntary Health Scotland\n\nThe programme running order for the afternoon will be the networking lunch\, followed by a short AGM and then the Big Debate. \nBook your place here.\nThe AGM Papers\nAGENDA AGM VHS 30 NOVEMBER 2023  \nVHS 2022 AGM MINUTES 30 NOVEMBER 2022 \nProxy Vote Form VHS AGM 2023 \nElection of Directors VHS AGM 30 NOVEMBER 2023 \nVHS Annual Accounts and Report 2022-23 (signed) \n  \nPlease contact Lauren Blair with any questions. \n 
URL:https://vhscotland.org.uk/event/shaping-the-future-of-our-health-and-healthcare-the-vhs-big-debate-and-agm-2/
LOCATION:Scottish Storytelling Centre\, 43-45 High Street\, Edinburgh\, EH1 1SR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Featured event,VHS Event
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240604T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240604T193000
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SUMMARY:Cross Party Group on Health Inequalities- June 2024 Meeting
DESCRIPTION:This CPG meeting has had to be cancelled due to parliamentary business. A new date will be released soon. \n  \nTopic: Third Sector and Health Inequalities \nJoin us on the 4th June at 6pm for our next meeting of the Cross Party Group on Health Inequalities. The meeting will take place online via Zoom and will be chaired by co-convenor Emma Harper MSP. \nPresenters: \nTejesh Mistry\, Chief Executive\, Voluntary Health Scotland- The Vital Health Sector (the third sector) \nSteven Sweeney\, CEO\, Voluntary Action South Lanarkshire (VASLan) -#Keepthebeatalive \nAllan Faulds\, Senior Policy Officer- Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland (the ALLIANCE)- Stretched to the Limit \n  \nBook your place here. \n  \nPlease contact Lauren Blair if you have any questions.
URL:https://vhscotland.org.uk/event/cross-party-group-on-health-inequalities-june-2024-meeting/
LOCATION:online Via Zoom
CATEGORIES:VHS Event
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240828T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240828T120000
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SUMMARY:Members Meet Up- August 2024
DESCRIPTION:Our next members meet up on the 28th of August at 10.30am on Zoom. \n2024 is a year of celebration for VHS as we mark 20 years of our charity. The theme of 2024 is “Vital Health Sector” as this captures the role that our members play in the health of people across Scotland. \nWe want to offer a space to connect and share with other VHS members about the challenges we face together. VHS is keen to hear how organisations and their service users are working\, what organisations are trying to achieve and to help us understand what more we could do to help our members. \nOver the last few years\, many of our workloads focused on post pandemic mobilisation\, recovery and renewal in relation to Scotland’s health and wellbeing. \nThis discussion will help us build strong evidence and ideas from the third sector to help influence this policy making\, as well as giving our members the opportunity for sharing and discussion with other voluntary health organisations. \nBook your place here.\nPlease contact Lauren Blair if you have any questions.
URL:https://vhscotland.org.uk/event/members-meet-up-august-2024/
LOCATION:online Via Zoom
CATEGORIES:VHS Event
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241023T090000
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SUMMARY:VHS Annual Conference 2024- Scotland's Vital Health Sector
DESCRIPTION:BOOK YOUR PLACE!\n23 October 2024 at Dynamic Earth\, Edinburgh! \nVHS are delighted to announce that our annual conference is back for a very special 20th Anniversary event. \nVHS Conference 2024 Agenda\nConfirmed speakers: \n\nConference Chair:  Jane-Claire Judson\, Chief Executive\, Chest\, Heart and Stroke Scotland\nProfessor Linda Bauld\, Chief Social Policy Advisor\, Scottish Government and Co-Head of Centre for Population Health Sciences\, University of Edinburgh\nMartyn Evans\, Chair\, Scottish Police Authority\nTejesh Mistry\, Chief Executive\, Voluntary Health Scotland\nProfessor Andrea Williamson\, Professor of General Practice and Inclusion Health\, University of Glasgow   \nEwan Aitken\, Chief Executive\, Cyrenians\nRoisin Hurst\, Project Manager\, Scottish Community Link Worker Network\nDr Carey Lunan\, GP Chair of Scottish Deep End Project\, Senior Medical Advisor on Health Inequalities and Mental Health at Scottish Government and Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at The University of Edinburgh\nAlison Leitch\, Lead of Scottish Social Prescribing Network and Assistant Service Manager\, Edinburgh Community Link Worker Network\, EVOC\nChristine Carlin\, Chair of Voluntary Health Scotland \n\nBook your place here.\n  \nOur Poster session is back for 2024!\nOur poster finalists are: \n\nAction for M.E.\nThe Breastfeeding Network\nCANDU (Dundee Cancer Support Network)\nLiving Streets\nThe Sorted Project\nScottish Partnership for Palliative Care\nVoiceability\nRNIB\n\nJoin us on the day to meet our brilliant exhibitors:\n \n \nPlease contact Lauren Blair with any questions. \n  \nFind out more about VHS events by watching our video below: \n 
URL:https://vhscotland.org.uk/event/vhs-annual-conference-2024-scotlands-vital-health-sector/
LOCATION:Dynamic Earth\, Holyrood Road\, Edinburgh\, EH8 8AS\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Scottish Community Link Worker Network Programme Leads event October
DESCRIPTION:This event is aimed specifically for Programme Leads for Community Link Workers in Scotland. \nThis event aims to bring together Programme Leads from Community Link Worker programmes across Scotland to enable you to share learning and good practice about your programmes with your peers. The event will be an open space for you to discuss with them how you manage delivery of your CLW programmes as well as current opportunities and challenges. \nWe will provide an update on Scottish Government’s national review of the CLW programme and other current developments and then we want to hear from you. \nIn order to help us shape the programme\, please do indicate on the booking form what topics you would like to cover. \nBook your place here.  \n \nPlease contact Lauren Blair if you have any questions. \n  \n 
URL:https://vhscotland.org.uk/event/scottish-community-link-worker-network-programme-leads-event-october-24/
LOCATION:online Via Zoom
CATEGORIES:VHS Event
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SUMMARY:Population Health Framework Engagement
DESCRIPTION:A Population Health Framework is in development. It sets out to take a cross-government and cross-sector approach to improve the key building blocks of health and wellbeing.  The Population Health Framework will set out how the Scottish Government\, COSLA\, Local Government\, the NHS and partners across business\, the third sector and communities themselves\, can increase the positive effects that social and economic drivers have on population health\, mitigate those areas that contribute to negative outcomes and build a Scotland that positively supports health and wellbeing. \nJoin us to learn more about the framework and the implementation. This is an opportunity to share reflections but more importantly to focus on areas that could change and explore further actions you would like to see in the framework. \nEvent Chair: Tejesh Mistry\, Chief Executive\, Voluntary Health Scotland \nSpeaker: Mark McAllister\, Organisational Lead for Strategic Development\, Public Health Scotland \nBook your place here.\nPlease contact Lauren Blair if you have any questions.
URL:https://vhscotland.org.uk/event/population-health-framework-engagement/
LOCATION:online Via Zoom
CATEGORIES:VHS Event
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241128T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241128T114000
DTSTAMP:20241125T160215Z
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SUMMARY:From Crisis to Control: Preventing the Ticking Time Bomb in Population Health-VHS AGM and Event
DESCRIPTION:From Crisis to Control: Preventing the Ticking Time Bomb in Population Health \nBook your place on our event on the 28th November to join VHS and Public Health Scotland to put a spotlight on  the role of the third sector in creating and delivering a new  Population Health Framework.  \nOur Guest Speaker: Paul Johnston\, Chief Executive of Public Health Scotland  \nWe are delighted to be joined by guest speaker Paul Johnston\, Chief Executive of Public Health Scotland who will present on the ambition for a new Population Health Framework exploring  prevention\, partnerships and the vital role of the third sector. This is an opportunity to hear directly from Paul on what messages and learning the third sector have highlighted and the opportunities for the future to close the implementation gap.  \nEvent overview: \n\nVHS AGM meeting \n\n\nPresentation and discussion with Paul Johnston\, Public Health Scotland \n\n\nVHS Member insights: Bringing to life the role of the Third Sector in our communities \n\nOur event will begin with our short AGM\, followed by out discussion and then we will hear from our member organisations. \nBook your place here.\nRead the key messages from our Population Health Framework Engagement session on the 14th November here. \nPlease contact Lauren Blair if you have any questions.
URL:https://vhscotland.org.uk/event/vhs-annual-general-meeting-and-event/
LOCATION:online Via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Featured event,VHS Event
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241211T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241211T143000
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SUMMARY:Cross Party Group on Health Inequalities December 2024 Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Topic: Health Equity Research  \nJoin us on the 11 December\, either in person or online\, for our next meeting of the Cross Party Group on Health Inequalities. The meeting  will be chaired by Brian Whittle\, MSP. \nWe will be joined by the newly formed Scottish Health Equity Research Unit (SHERU) to discuss their health inequalities focus. \nOur speakers : \n\nKat Smith\, Co-lead of the Scottish Health Equity Research Unit\nAllison Catalano\, Knowledge Exchange Fellow\, Scottish Health Equity Research Unit\n\nBook your place here.\nPlease contact Lauren Blair with any questions or to express an interest in joining the CPG.
URL:https://vhscotland.org.uk/event/20550/
LOCATION:Online or in Scottish Parliament\, .
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