Thanks to  Aye Can Change, a social enterprise based in Perthshire, VHS’s key messages  and illustrations from A Weighty Issue: Understanding and Action on Obesity and Health have been encapsulated in a short video and quiz. The video is available on   …

The Health Policy Officers Network or HPON is a peer support network of Health Policy Officers in small to medium sized organisations who meet to discuss policy issues affecting the voluntary health sector in a supportive environment. VHS and and Queen …

Imagine you have just had surgery on your hip after a bad fall. You’ve been in hospital recovering and you’ve been told you mustn’t put any weight on your leg. You are ready to go home, and you can’t wait to get back, make your own dinner, see your fri …

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The vision of the newly published Scotland’s Physical Activity Delivery Plan  is for a Scotland where more people are more active, more often. And it’s clear to see why. Participation in physical activity is stagnating and sedentary behaviour increasin …

I thought it timely to give an update on the Public Health Reform programme, including recent developments and VHS’s role. As a member of the overall Public Health Oversight Board (PHOB) for the past year, my job is to ensure that our sector is as full …

Last year VHS published Gold Star Exemplars , a report into third sector approaches to community link working in Scotland.  This was commissioned by the Scottish Government in response to the SNP 2016 election manifesto pledge: ‘Scotland’s most deprive …

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Organisational strategies are not always the most exciting thing to share and people can be cynical about their value, but I’d really like you to look at our new one and tell me what you think. Don’t worry, it’s small but perfectly formed, it won’t tak …

The future of mental health in Scotland was under the spotlight on 14th June in Stirling, at our collaborative conference with the Open University in Scotland and Support in Mind Scotland. The conference aim was to get people thinking about: How is a t …