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February 2019
VHS at The Gathering: Mental wellbeing, social isolation and loneliness in rural Scotland
This partnership event with the Scottish Rural Health Partnership(SRHP) aims to shine a light on health issues distinctive to rural and remote areas in Scotland and to give space to explore collaborative approaches to addressing these issues. Topics likely to be discussed include access to services, stigma, social isolation, loneliness, suicide and an ageing population. Book your place at the Gathering here. Karen O’Hanlon from SRHP will open the discussion with a rural health perspective and explain the role of…
VHS at The Gathering 2019 : The future of public health – bicycle or frog?
Public health is about helping people to stay healthy, and protecting them from threats to their health. Public health is another way of talking about improving health and wellbeing in our communities, but the language and organisation of public health can often seem far removed from third sector endeavours to support people’s health and wellbeing. Is public health a frog or a bicycle? Book your place at the Gathering here. Right now, the future of public health in Scotland is being transformed,…
Culture Health and Wellbeing: Keeping the Conversation Going
Following on from the VHS Annual conference exploring a possible ‘Manifesto for culture, health and wellbeing’ and as part of VHS’s commitment to keep the conversation going on culture and health, we will have a small gathering to look at the next steps. The meeting will take place on Monday 4th of February at 12.30pm in our office in the Mansfield Traquair Centre. The planned agenda is: Discussing how to take forward The Forest of Ideas created at the conference…
January 2019
Health Inequalities Cross Party Group: Loneliness and Social Isolation
The Cross Party Group on Health Inequalities will meet on the 31st January 2019 to discuss loneliness and social isolation in relation to health inequalities. The meeting will be chaired by Donald Cameron MSP. Minister for Older People and Equalities, Christina McKelvie MSP, will present to the meeting on the launch of the Connected Scotland Strategy The full agenda will be announced shortly. You can read the full draft CPG minutes from the previous meeting here:CPG HI draft minutes 30 10 18 For…
December 2018
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. We are delighted to have Joe Fitzpatrick MSP, Minister for Public Health, Sport and Wellbeing as our guest speaker. A number of the CPG members will host stalls on the evening. VHS is Secretariat of the CPG and organising this event. For more information about the CPG…
November 2018
VHS Annual Conference and AGM 2018
SOLD OUT. We now have a waiting list for places- click book now to join the waiting list. BOOK NOW to secure your place at Get The Picture: Culture, Health and Wellbeing – our 2018 conference, taking place in Edinburgh’s John McIntyre conference centre. This is your opportunity to join with health charities, other voluntary and community health organisations, health boards, health and social care partnerships, local authorities, culture trusts and arts organisations in a timely exploration of the relationship between culture,…
October 2018
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 in Committee Room 6. This meeting will be chaired by Anas Sarwar MSP, Co-Convenor of the Group. This meeting will discuss Mental Health Inequalities. We are delighted that we will hear from: Clare Haughey MSP, Minister for Mental Health Jim Hume, Manager of the National Rural Mental Health Forum for Support in Mind Scotland Karen O’Hanlon,…
September 2018
Brexit and Health Briefing
We are told that extensive planning is under way to prepare the health service for a no-deal Brexit scenario in England. But what about Brexit’s implications for health and social care in Scotland – how much do we know and understand? At this event there will be a full briefing from Erin McGinley from the Scottish Parliament’s SPICe team, co-author of Leaving the EU – Implications for Health and Social Care . There will be the opportunity to hear some…
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 Baker, 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 “ceud mìle fàilte” and offered to pull together a group of people who…
Implementing the Digital Health and Care Strategy across the third sector
The third sector is a key collaborator in Scotland’s ambitious new Digital Health and Care Strategy. At this free, important and practical event organised by the ALLIANCE, SCVO, CCPS and VHS you will find out about the next steps for implementing that Strategy and discuss what actions your organisation (and the third sector could collectively) take to ensure successful delivery. This event will be particularly useful to third sector staff working in policy, operations, digital and/or data within health and…