Information, News and Blogs
During the 2020 COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, we are sharing information, evidence and learning that should be helpful and relevant to voluntary health organisations and others involved in public health. If you have news or a blog that you would like to contribute to these pages, find out more here.
Micro-grants to communities boost Covid-19 vaccines and testing
23/12/2021
Since April 2021 Edinburgh Voluntary Organisations Council (EVOC) has been distributing micro-grants on behalf of Edinburgh and Lothians Health Foundation to community organisations based across Edinburgh and the Lothians. Organisations can apply for …
Kiren’s Blog: Loneliness & social isolation in the time of COVID-19
26/11/2021
We invited Kiren Zubairi, former VHS Policy Engagement Officer, to write a guest blog reflecting on the three year anniversary of the Zubairi Report: the lived experience of loneliness and social isolation in Scotland. Loneliness and social isolation i …
VHS AGM & Annual Lecture 2021
25/11/2021
VHS welcomed members and guests to our 17th AGM and Annual Lecture on the 25th November 2021. The meeting chaired by VHS Chair Rob Murray, Chief Executive of Cancer Support Scotland and Claire Stevens Chief Executive of Voluntary Health Scotland. We ar …
Health at the Heart of Communities: what’s love got to do with it?
11/11/2021
Delegates to our Annual Conference on 6th October 2021 have given us some fantastic feedback which we’d like to share more widely. Our conference theme was Health at the Heart of Communities and of the 101 people who attended 36 filled out our feedback …
Celebrate the covid heroes – but what about the other volunteers?
25/10/2021
Here we share a thoughtful and thought provoking poem written by a volunteer who reflects on their experience of being ‘surplus to requirement’ during the Covid-19 pandemic.
