This month Health Inequalities Volunteer, James Evans met with Drew Murphy, Gillian MacDonald and Natalie Joyce from Changeworks’ Affordable Warmth Team. Changeworks is a considered a leader in the delivery of solutions which enable people to live and work more sustainably. They have many … [Read more...] about Changeworks
Kingsway Court Health and Wellbeing Centre
This month James Evans, VHS Health Inequalities Volunteer, met with Martin Coyle from Kingsway Court Health and Wellbeing Centre in Glasgow. Kingsway Court is a housing scheme consisting of six 20 storey tower blocks in Scotstoun. They were built in 1962 by Wimpey and are now run by Glasgow Housing … [Read more...] about Kingsway Court Health and Wellbeing Centre
Unequal Lives – Transitions
On 24 June 2014, Voluntary Health Scotland and the Scottish Transitions Forum jointly delivered the second seminar in the Unequal Lives, Unjust Deaths series of events, examining health inequalities across the life course and the voluntary sector contribution to reducing, preventing and reversing … [Read more...] about Unequal Lives – Transitions
Changing Lives through Comedy
Capacity, camaraderie and cohesion were the themes of the day at the Centre for Contemporary Arts in Glasgow last Thursday afternoon, as Universal Comedy presented an outstanding afternoon of comedy. Universal Comedy is a charity and emerging social enterprise, founded in 2004 by Patsy Morrison, … [Read more...] about Changing Lives through Comedy
Mindroom
This month James Evans, Health Inequalities Volunteer at VHS, met up with the staff at Mindroom. Mindroom is a small Scottish charity with a big vision - to ensure that by 2020, every child and adult with learning difficulties will receive the recognition and help they need. They have a very … [Read more...] about Mindroom
Scottish Parliament Cross Party Group on Health Inequalities
Voluntary Health Scotland is an increasingly active member of this important Cross Party Group. It aims to raise awareness of the causes of health inequalities amongst parliamentarians, promote evidence based legislation, policy and actions that reduce health inequalities – and avoid … [Read more...] about Scottish Parliament Cross Party Group on Health Inequalities
Building third sector evidence on health inequalities
VHS is undertaking a research project that will showcase the work of the voluntary sector in tackling health inequalities and identify what further support we need to be able to make the most of our opportunities. This will help us to evidence the impact of the work of the voluntary sector to … [Read more...] about Building third sector evidence on health inequalities
Eric Liddell Centre
This month Health Inequalities Volunteer James Evans met with Julie Carter who is the Ca(i)re Programme manager at The Eric Liddell Centre in Edinburgh. The Centre is a refurbished church, named after the 1924 Olympic Gold winning 400 metre runner Eric Liddell. Eric studied in Edinburgh and attended … [Read more...] about Eric Liddell Centre
Health Inequalities Policy Review
Neil Findlay MSP, Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Health and Well-Being initiated a Health Inequalities Policy Review Commission in May 2014. Chaired by Dr David Conway of the Socialist Health Association, this review aims to go beyond health service reform and take a broader approach to preventing, … [Read more...] about Health Inequalities Policy Review
Unequal Lives – children and the early years
On 13 May 2014, Voluntary Health Scotland and Children in Scotland jointly delivered the first seminar in the Unequal Lives, Unjust Deaths series of events, examining health inequalities across the life course and the voluntary sector contribution to reducing, preventing and reversing these. This … [Read more...] about Unequal Lives – children and the early years
