Consultation response: Public Health Scotland - Shaping our Strategy
/SCDC/CHEX responded to Public Health Scotland’s consultation to support the development of their new strategy for 2025-2035.
Read MoreCalling all community health organisations: how valued do you feel?
/In this blog, Niall McShannon from Clydesdale Community Initiatives talks about a survey seeking to understand the relationship between community organisations and their public sector partners.
Read MoreWhy Does ‘Place’ Matter for Social Prescribing?
/This blog by Emilie McSwiggan, PhD student at the University of Edinburgh, explores the relevance of understanding ‘places and communities’ for social prescribing, and how this has been reflected in social prescribing research so far.
Read MoreJoint statement on preventative approaches help tackle Scotland's growing health inequalities crisis
/Published jointly by Edinburgh Community Health Forum, Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland (the ALLIANCE), SCDC & CHEX, and Voluntary Health Scotland, this joint statement comes as major policies and frameworks have set out prevention as a key approach to how public services should operate.
Read MoreOut & About – Tannahill Centre, Ferguslie Park
/Earlier in the year Sarah met with Terry, Volunteer Co-ordinator at the Tannahill Centre in Ferguslie Park in Paisley. The Tannahill Centre is a community hub, which acts as the area’s community anchor organisation.
Read MoreOut and About: The Corner
/Over the summer, Sarah caught up with Steph, the Outreach Lead for the Corner in Dundee. One of our workshops leads at the CHEX Conference earlier in the year, the Corner are a health and wellbeing service for young people in Dundee.
Read MoreOut & About: GRACE Sharing Time East Dunbartonshire
/Grace (Group Recovery Aftercare Community Enterprise) are a local peer-led membership organisation, providing recovery after-care for people who have experienced life traumas such as bereavement, ill health, loneliness, social isolation, mental health issues amongst others.
Read MoreHow community-led health groups are facing Scotland's mental health crisis→
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In this new briefing, explore the contribution of community-led health organisations and approaches to growing positive mental health and wellbeing at a time when mental health services are struggling to meet demand.
Read MoreReflecting on career supporting community-led health
/This article from Julie Fox explores her significant contribution to community-led health and the development of Annexe Communities in Partick as she begins her retirement. Everyone here at CHEX would like to say a hearty congratulations on all of her work, and best wishes for the future.
Read MoreListening, learning, and leading for change - Reflections from the CHEX Conference
/In this article, Ruth Glassborow, Director of Place and Wellbeing, Public Health Scotland shares her reflections following the CHEX Conference 2025 held in Stirling. Ruth acted as a ‘keynote listener’ during the day, hearing from conference attendees about carrying out their work supporting communities across Scotland.
Read MoreAdvancing Green Health Workshop – hosted by Public Health Scotland, Nature Scot and Greenspace Scotland
/CHEX were invited by Public Health Scotland, Greenspace Scotland and Nature Scot to contribute to a cross sectoral workshop in June to share the knowledge, skills and experience from our Network in the development of Green Health in Scotland.
Read MoreOut and About: East Kilbride & Strathaven Community Learning and Development Local Action Planning Group
/CHEX was pleased to be asked along to present at the March 2025 East Kilbride & Strathaven Community Learning and Development Local Action Planning Group meeting in East Kilbride.
Read MoreOut and About: Farmstrong Scotland
/Farmstrong Scotland is a new rural wellbeing programme for the farming and crofting sector. Following their participation at the CHEX Ideas Clinic Sarah met their community engagement specialist, Clare, to find out more about their work.
Read MoreInfluencing policy and practice: the Cross-Party Group on volunteering
/A key part of our role at CHEX is influencing national policy and practice on community led health and community development approaches to tackling health inequalities.
Read MoreThe Scottish Community Link Worker Network – giving a voice to Scotland’s Community Link Workers
/In this blog, Roisin Hurst Scottish Community Link Worker Network Project Manager explores the vital role community link workers play as essential connectors between primary care, patients, and communities.
Read MoreTurning knowledge into action: resources from the CHEX Conference 2025
/This year for our national conference our focus was turning knowledge and learning into action on the most pressing issues facing our communities.
Read MoreOut and about: Deep End GPs Student Conference
/Sarah was recently invited to provide an input on CHEX and community development approaches to tackling health inequalities at a Conference held in February by the Glasgow University General Practice Society in Ferguslie Park, Paisley.
Read MoreCHEX Conference 2025: Knowledge into Action
/On 12th March, more than 80 people from across the CHEX network came together in Stirling to learn and reflect about their work supporting their communities and tackling Scotland's health inequalities.
Read MoreResources roundup!
/Our resource hub is a one-stop shop for useful materials, including explainers on key topics, helpful infographics, and signposts to relevant policy, research and online tools.
Read MoreThe outrage of austerity
/In this blog, David Walsh and Gerry McCartney discuss the disastrous effects that austerity policies have had on life expectancy - exacerbating health inequalities and causing many people in our most vulnerable communities to lead shorter, less healthy lives.
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