The coronavirus crisis has demonstrated to health organisations that working digitally is more important than ever before, whether they are in the public, private or third sector. The crisis has driven fundamental changes in how services and support ha …

Between May 2020 and January 2021 the Open University and VHS ran a joint series of online talks and discussions on the topic of ‘Ageing Well’. Led by Dr Jitka Vsecteckova, Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Health and Social Care with the Open Universi …

On the 4th and 5th of November VHS held our Annual Conference and AGM online for the first time. #WeArePublicHealth : Building Forward for Health & Wellbeing had over 120 delegates registered to attend over the 2 day event with keynote speakers, wo …

Our poster competition is back for 2020! We have heard some amazing stories of how our network responded to Covid-19 to mitigate negative consequences that impacted so many. Here are the finalists: Art in Healthcare: Room for Art- Keeping participants …

We are delighted to be joined by our ‘virtual’ exhibitors for our 2020 annual conference #WeArePublicHealth – Building forward for Health and Wellbeing on the 4th and 5th November. Click here for all the information about our exhibitors.Click here for …

VHS and the Poverty Alliance ran a joint event taking place as part of challenge poverty week events on the 7th October 2020. We discussed how poverty, access to food and the insecurity around this has impacted health in Scotland. Chaired by Claire Ste …

VHS ran a meeting on the 1st of July in collaboration with members of  Arts Culture Health and Wellbeing Scotland to shine a spotlight on creative responses to loneliness and social isolation at this time. We explored the essential role arts and health …

VHS hosted an event with Paul Anderson, Community Outreach Manager at the Scottish Parliament on Engaging with the Scottish Parliament during the pandemic. View the presentation from the event: Paul Anderson, Scottish Parliament

The second meeting of 2020 was held via zoom on 24 June. Members at the meeting heard from Claire Menzies, Clerk to the Equalities and Human Rights Committee and her colleague, Leoncha Leavy, Community Outreach Team about their consultation, “The impac …

VHS hosted a joint zoom event with NES Digital Service, NHS Education for Scotland on the 23rd of June to discuss health literacy and health inequalities. The event was an opportunity for voluntary health organisations to engage with NDS and to explore …