**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 … [Read more...] about SCLWN Training Event: Carers’ Awareness Training
SCLWN Knowledge Exchange – November 2026
**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 … [Read more...] about SCLWN Knowledge Exchange – November 2026
SCLWN – Peer Support Session for Community Link Workers
**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 … [Read more...] about SCLWN – Peer Support Session for Community Link Workers
SCLWN: Leads Peer Support Event – Key Messages
Our latest Leads Peer Support Event focused on presentations from North Ayrshire and Arran CLW programme about the progress of their delivery with a particular focus on their weigh to go and smoking cessation interventions on the island of Arran. The event also heard from Gillian Burton from the … [Read more...] about SCLWN: Leads Peer Support Event – Key Messages
Scottish Community Link Worker Newsletter out now!
Our May edition of the newsletter is out now with all the latest updates. Read it here. … [Read more...] about Scottish Community Link Worker Newsletter out now!
VHS Response: Right to Breaks for Unpaid Carers
Today we submitted our response to the Scottish Government consultation on the implementation of the right to breaks for unpaid carers. The response provides some high-level insights to support the protection of unpaid carer health and wellbeing through the provision of short breaks. Our insights … [Read more...] about VHS Response: Right to Breaks for Unpaid Carers
VHS (IN)VISIBLE Report: Health, Sex and Gender Inequalities in Scotland
Our (IN)VISIBLE Report exploring the impact of sex and gender on health experiences and outcomes in Scotland has been published! This 48-page report pulls together evidence and insight from 50+ VHS members and wider stakeholders, as well as national and academic sources, to identify key themes … [Read more...] about VHS (IN)VISIBLE Report: Health, Sex and Gender Inequalities in Scotland
SCLWN: Knowledge Exchange – Key Messages
We held our latest Knowledge Exchange on 7th May featuring presentations from Neurodivergent Birth Support and Penumbra. Elevate Autism were unable to make it, but have shared their slides which you can link to below. Thanks to our wonderful speakers and to all the CLWs who contributed to some great … [Read more...] about SCLWN: Knowledge Exchange – Key Messages
Movement for Health Creation Open Letter to MSPs
Today Voluntary Health Scotland (VHS) sent an open letter, signed by 79 VHS members, to all new and returning MSPs elected last week. The letter calls on MSPs to prioritise health creation and take action to address health inequalities. The letter details some of the key health challenges facing … [Read more...] about Movement for Health Creation Open Letter to MSPs
UK-wide Research Demonstrates the Impact of Community Link Workers in Primary Care
In 2024, researchers from the Universities of Edinburgh, Glasgow, Bristol, Manchester and Newcastle upon Tyne interviewed patients, healthcare workers and community link workers (CLWs) in Scotland and their equivalent social prescribing link workers in England. These interviews were part of a … [Read more...] about UK-wide Research Demonstrates the Impact of Community Link Workers in Primary Care
