SCLWN – Peer Support Session for Community Link Workers
online via Teams ., ., .**This event is for Programme Leads and Community Link Workers in Primary Care settings in Scotland.** Community Link Workers can only help others if they are also looking after their own health and wellbeing. This session which will be led by Hilda Campbell from Cope Scotland will focus on how Community Link Workers can look […]
(IN)VISIBLE Workshop: Research to Reality
online via Teams ., ., .This practical and interactive workshop will explore the implications for third sector organisations of the Voluntary Health Scotland (IN)VISIBLE research into the relationship between sex, gender, and health. A summary of the key relevant findings of the research will be shared with participants before panellists share practical guidance on what third sector organisations can do […]
SCLWN Knowledge Exchange – November 2026
online via Teams ., ., .**This event is for Programme Leads and Community Link Workers in primary care settings in Scotland.** Our regular Scottish Community Link Worker Network Knowledge Exchanges offer Community Link Workers the opportunity to hear from organisations and services that can support them and their clients. Our November event will feature presentations from Public Health Scotland’s Confidence […]
VHS Annual Conference 2026 – Power, Partnership, Perseverance
Dynamic Earth Holyrood Road, Edinburgh, United KingdomEarly bird tickets are now available through August! Join us at Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh on 2 November for our 2026 Annual Conference: Power, Partnership, Perseverance. This year's conference centres on a simple but resolute idea - Scotland's third sector holds more power than is often recognised and more influence than it sometimes realises. Across […]
SCLWN Workshop: Working alongside Gypsy/Traveller Communities
online via Teams ., ., .SCLWN Workshop: Working alongside Gypsy/Traveller communities: Opportunities and Tensions for CLWs This session will be centred on how we build trust with Gypsy/Traveller communities, recognising what meaningful health support should look like when Antigypsyism shapes so many encounters. Drawing on Progress in Dialogue's recent work on the conditions of safety in help-seeking, mental health, and […]
Consultation Event: Third Sector Parity
online via Teams ., ., .In the second of a series of events to explore the four asks in our Manifesto for Health Creation, we invite our members and stakeholders to hear more about the current policy context regarding third sector parity, including the Scottish Government commitment to establish a third sector partnership. We'll share some of the latest developments, […]
SCLWN Training Event: Carers’ Awareness Training
online via Teams ., ., .**This event is for Programme Leads and Community Link Workers in primary care settings in Scotland.** Join VOCAL's Think Carer training, designed to support Community Link Workers across Scotland to confidently identify and support unpaid carers in your day-to-day role. Many people you work with may be providing care for a family member, partner, or […]
Scottish Community Link Worker Network Annual Conference and Awards 2026
Dynamic Earth Holyrood Road, Edinburgh, United KingdomOur 4th Annual SCLWN Conference, 'Rooted in Communities, Growing Together' will take place on 22 September at Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh and we'll be celebrating the 5th year of the Scottish Community Link Worker Network! We are looking forward to day filled with inspirational speakers, thought-provoking workshops from our CLW teams and of courser the […]
SCLWN Knowledge Exchange – September 2026
online via Teams ., ., .**This event is for Programme Leads and Community Link Workers in primary care settings in Scotland.** Our regular Scottish Community Link Worker Network Knowledge Exchanges offer Community Link Workers the opportunity to hear from organisations and services that can support them and their clients. Our September event will feature presentations from MISS – Miscarriage Support, […]
SCLWN Training Event: Compassionate Conversations
online via Teams ., ., .**This event is for Primary Care Community Link Workers and Programme Leads.** This training event, in partnership with Cruse Scotland, will focus on how to talk compassionately about death, dying and bereavement. The course is designed to build CLWs' confidence and insight on the differing expressions of grief responses following bereavement. It will support CLWs […]
