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I have been working on the Volunteering in NHSScotland Programme, hosted by Healthcare Improvement Scotland, for almost three years now. Our programme is staffed by me and my manager, Alan Bigham. We support NHS Boards to build sustainable volunteering …

Volunteers are invaluable. This week is Volunteers Week so it’s a fantastic time to say thank you to the amazing contribution volunteers make. Many third sector organisations rely on volunteers to deliver their vital work. The Scottish Household Survey …

Volunteering brings enormous benefits and enjoyment to beneficiaries, volunteers and the wider community.  We know that volunteering increases social and civil participation, reduces loneliness and isolation and empowers communities.  It can also impro …

The Scottish Government have proposed to develop holistic legislation about food, The Good Food Nation Bill which will cover the whole food system from growing, harvesting, processing, marketing, selling, preparing, access to food right through to food …

VHS encourages our members (and indeed any third sector organisation) to respond to the Public Health Scotland Consultation .  The Scottish Government and COSLA want to hear your views on plans for the new agency and the necessary legislative changes n …

It was great to attend the Valuing and Sustaining Volunteering in Health Conference in Glasgow recently. This event was supported by the Scottish Government and attended by a whole range of participants from a multitude of organisations. It was a day s …

Clare Cable is Chief Executive and Senior Nurse Director at Queen’s Nursing Institute Scotland. She writes:  We are delighted that the Queen’s Nursing Institute Scotland (QNIS) has been chosen as one of three VHS submissions to present a parallel sessi …

VHS is delighted to partner with Arts + Health Scotland and Art in Hospital for a relaxed seminar bringing professionals from Scotland’s arts and health sectors together with invited speakers Nikki Crane, Jenny Elliot, Angela Rogers and VHS’s Claire St …

On 14th of May VHS held a conference in Glasgow to explore good practice in volunteering where it is delivered by NHS and third sector working together. The conference was sponsored by the Scottish Government, with a closing address by the Minister for …