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October 2020
Ageing Well: 5th Talk with the Open University
Join VHS and the Open University for the fifth in a series of joint online events exploring ageing, health and wellbeing. This part of Jitka Vseteckova’s Ageing Well lecture series and will explore what we need to consider around physical activity and movement in this talk titled: Move it and breathe. Led by Dr Jitka Všetečková who currently works at the Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies, The Open University. Jitka undertakes research in Public Health with special interest…
CPG on Health Inequalities: October Meeting & AGM
Join us for the Health Inequalities CPG October meeting and AGM on the 13th October online meeting via Zoom. The meeting will be chaired by Group Co-Convenor Anas Sarwar MSP. More details of the speakers to follow shortly. Register to attend here. If you have any questions about the CPG, please contact Lauren Blair
Challenge Poverty Week: Food Insecurity, Poverty and Health
Join VHS and the Poverty Alliance for a joint event taking place as part of challenge poverty week events. We invite you to discuss and share how poverty, access to food and the insecurity around this has impacted health in Scotland. What has been the response of your organisation? How has this impacted on those you work with? What can we do next? Chaired by Claire Stevens, Chief Executive of Voluntary Health Scotland with input from Neil Cowan, Policy Officer…
VHS Members Meet Up: Recovery and Renewal
We invite VHS members to a networking discussion to explore your current preoccupations about the continuing pandemic and your hopes, fears and plans for the future. VHS is contributing to a number of Scottish Government and Public Health Scotland COVID-19 working groups now focused on mobilisation, recovery and renewal in relation to Scotland’s health and wellbeing. This discussion will help us build strong evidence and ideas from the third sector to help influence this policy making, as well as giving…
September 2020
Ageing Well: 4th Virtual Talk with the Open University
Join VHS and the Open University for the fourth in a series of joint online events exploring ageing, health and wellbeing. This fourth part of Jitka Všetečková’s Ageing Well lecture series and will cover age-related changes affecting hydration, kidney & liver function, medication /polypharmacy, drug journey through the body and how to support our body to clear medication from our bodies quickly and efficiently. The talk will be led by Dr Jitka Všetečková who currently works at the Faculty of…
July 2020
Ageing Well: 3rd Virtual Talk with the Open University
Join VHS and the Open University for the third in series of joint online events exploring ageing, health and wellbeing. This third part of Jitka Vseteckova’s Ageing Well lecture series and will explore what we need to consider around nutrition while ageing and how to support people to eat regularly and well. Led by Dr Jitka Všetečková who currently works at the Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies, The Open University. Jitka undertakes research in Public Health with special interest…
Keeping the Conversation Going: Loneliness and Social Isolation
A free online event in collaboration with members of Arts Culture Health and Wellbeing Scotland with the spotlight on creative responses to loneliness and social isolation at this time. Join us to explore the essential role arts and health organisations and practitioners have been playing during the COVID-19 pandemic and will continue to play beyond it. With inputs from arts and health practitioners and plenty of scope for discussion, join us to discuss ideas for creative renewal, practice and recovery, against…
June 2020
Engaging with the Scottish Parliament during the Pandemic
Join us to explore Engaging with the Scottish Parliament during the Pandemic. How has the pandemic affected the work of the Scottish Parliament, what is the role of the Committees and MSPs in relation to COVID-19 and what opportunities are there for voluntary health organisations to engage with them during this time? An online round table chaired by Claire Stevens, Chief Executive, VHS and with guest speaker Paul Anderson, Community Outreach Manager, the Scottish Parliament. Paul will share what’s happening at the…
Ageing Well: 2nd Virtual Talk with the Open University
Join VHS and the Open University for the second in series of joint online events exploring ageing, health and wellbeing. The title of the second talk is: The Ageing Brain. Led by Dr Jitka Všetečková who currently works at the Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies, The Open University. Jitka undertakes research in Public Health with special interest in Ageing, Dementia, Exercise and Mental Health. In this series we are exploring how important it is, over our lifespan, to…
Digitally Healthy: Health Literacy and Health Inequalities
******Fully booked up****** NHS NES Digital Service (NDS) and VHS are partnering to run this joint event exploring health inequalities in the context of the development of digital health. The event will provide the opportunity for voluntary health organisations to engage with NDS and to explore issues and approaches regarding digital health inequalities. The event is particularly relevant in light of COVID-19 driving more health and care services online. Now Fully Booked but you can join the wait list here.…