The December edition of the Network's newsletter is out now with all the usual updates on training, events and resources. You can read it here. We wish you a restful and peaceful time over the festive break and see you in 2026! … [Read more...] about Scottish Community Link Worker Network Newsletter – out now!
Key Messages: SCLWN Peer Support Event for Programme Leads – November 2025
At our recent Peer Support Event for Programme Leads, Gemma Pritchard-Woollett, HSCP Integration Officer and Lead CLW from the awarding-winning Community Link Worker team in Clackmannanshire spoke about their programme and the innovative approaches they are using when it comes to data, including … [Read more...] about Key Messages: SCLWN Peer Support Event for Programme Leads – November 2025
Key Messages: SCLWN Knowledge Exchange – November 2025
Thanks to all our speakers who presented to the Network at our latest Knowledge Exchange. You can download the key messages and all the presentations via the links below: Key Messages - SCLWN Knowledge Exchange 25 November 2025 Wintering Well Presentation Beat Social Security … [Read more...] about Key Messages: SCLWN Knowledge Exchange – November 2025
Scottish Community Link Worker Network Newsletter – out now!
Our November newsletter is out now with all the latest news on training, events and resources for Scotland's Community Link Workers. You can read it here. Happy reading! … [Read more...] about Scottish Community Link Worker Network Newsletter – out now!
SCLWN: Peer Support Event for Programme Leads
** This event is for Leads and Managers of Primary Care Community Link Worker Programmes in Scotland. ** In the latest of our peer support events for CLW Programme Leads, we will hear from Jennifer Dryden, who is Health and Improvement Lead at Argyll and Bute HSCP. Jennifer will be talking about … [Read more...] about SCLWN: Peer Support Event for Programme Leads
SCLWN: Cruse Scotland Training in Compassionate Conversations
**This event is for Primary Care CLWs and CLW 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 expressions of grief … [Read more...] about SCLWN: Cruse Scotland Training in Compassionate Conversations
SCLWN: Knowledge Exchange
***Please note that this event is for Primary Care Community Link Workers and Programme Leads.*** 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
Embedding Community Link Workers into General Practice – What Does Good Look Like?
At the Scottish Community Link Worker Network Annual Conference in May, we featured a panel of GPs and community link workers (CLWs) as part of the conference programme. The panel's discussion focused on experiences of embedding the community link worker service into general practice. It was … [Read more...] about Embedding Community Link Workers into General Practice – What Does Good Look Like?
VHS Response: Quality Prescribing for Chronic Pain
In our response to the Scottish Government's consultation on Quality Prescribing for Chronic Pain guidance, we welcome the recognition of social prescribing as an effective non-pharmacological approach for treating chronic pain. The community link worker model in particular has considerable … [Read more...] about VHS Response: Quality Prescribing for Chronic Pain
Scottish Community Link Worker Network Newsletter – out now!
Our October newsletter is out now with all the latest updates on events, training, news and resources. You can read it here. Happy reading! … [Read more...] about Scottish Community Link Worker Network Newsletter – out now!
