**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 … [Read more...] about SCLWN Training Event: Compassionate Conversations
SCLWN Knowledge Exchange – September 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 – September 2026
SCLWN Training Event: Carers’ Awareness Training
**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
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
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
SCLWN Training Event: Compassionate Conversations
** This event is for CLWs and Programme Leads in primary care settings in Scotland.** 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 … [Read more...] about SCLWN Training Event: Compassionate Conversations
Anti-Racism Guidance Workshop *Online*
This Anti-Racism Guidance workshop, hosted in collaboration with CEMVO Scotland, aims to empower participants to be anti-racist and to be an effective ally. We will: Refresh our understanding of human rights and anti-racism key principles - some basic prior knowledge will be assumed. … [Read more...] about Anti-Racism Guidance Workshop *Online*
