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 …

VHS hosted our annual conference of 2021 online on the 6th October. We were delighted to be joined by so many attendees from across sectors and across Scotland to discuss ‘Health at the Heart of Communities’. We were delighted to be joined by: Humza Yo …

This year our 2021 Poster Competition Theme is:  Reaching and serving those who are missing, marginalised or overlooked in health We invite proposals from third sector organisations for digital posters in PDF format that visualise their story. We wante …

VHS hosted an online event on the 24th August to discuss Vaccine Inclusion. 50 people joined the event to explore  the key barriers and enablers to accessing the COVID-19 vaccine and how the vaccine delivery model can be improved to reduce inequalities …

Community Link Workers working within primary care have told the Scottish Government that the lack of an appropriate national platform, network or community of practice in Scotland means that opportunities for shared learning, continuous professional d …

Arts Culture Health and Wellbeing Scotland hosted 2 events recently, the first on the 19th May titled “The Role of Culture in the Health & Wellbeing of Older People” and the second on the 9th of June “The Role of Culture in the Health & Wellbei …

In a new briefing VHS tells the story of how its research has enabled the third sector to influence the policy and practice surrounding the Covid-19 vaccine roll-out in Scotland. By December 2020 the Covid-19 vaccine programme was getting underway, as …

During 2019 VHS had collaborated with Support in Mind Scotland and Faith in Older People to explore what happens to people aged 65+ with serious mental health conditions (other than or alongside dementia). Two round tables were held, and two short piec …

VHS is holding an online event on 24th August 2021 to discuss the findings and recommendations of its report ‘Vaccine Inclusion – Reducing inequalities one Vaccine at a time’. The report presents research carried out in February and Marcy 2021, present …

The Health Inequalities Cross Party Group met on Tuesday 26th January at 6pm online via Zoom. The meeting was chaired by Group Co-Convenor Donald Cameron MSP. Topic:  Deep social exclusion: dying whilst homeless in Scotland Homelessness is often an ind …