In this blog for CHEX, Ally Boyle MBE, Chair of Public Health Scotland, outlines the importance of context, connection, and culture for good governance – and why these principles are crucial if we’re to support community-led approaches to tackling the big issues facing Scotland’s health.
Read MoreNewly published evidence shows the clear impact that community-led health organisations have on the health and wellbeing of their communities.
Read MoreA recent learning exchange brought people together from Northern Ireland and Scotland to strengthen practice around community development and health.
Read MoreThe CHEX Conference 2026 brought more than 70 people together to explore the role community organisations play in addressing Scotland's health inequalities crisis.
Read MoreAndrew from CHEX recently attended two creative and inspiring community research events in Inverness and Moray. In this Out and About article, he shares some of the things he found particularly inspiring or thought provoking.
Read MoreThanks to everyone who made it along to our annual conference last week in Stirling. From our speakers, world cafe contributors, workshop hosts, and attendees, we're grateful to everyone who shared their knowledge, experience, and ideas during the day.
Read MoreOur 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 MoreIn this blog for CHEX, Brendan Rooney, newly-retired Executive Director of Healthy N Happy Community Development Trust, reflects on his decades of work in community development and his hopeful aspirations for the future.
Read MoreIn this new blog, Dr Sarah Anderson, Senior Community Engagement Manager at the University of Edinburgh, discusses the relationships between Edinburgh University and the city’s communities, focusing on their new Community Plan.
Read MoreIn this article for CHEX, retired citizen Ro Pengelly reflects on her public involvement with NHS, as a business representative on a UK taskforce in 1992, and since 2018 with two of Scotland’s non-territorial NHS boards.
Read MoreWe are excited to announce our conference for 2026 will be on 26th February!
Read MoreIf you have experience of what it takes to undertake cross-sector collaborative work with local communities, we'd love to hear from you!
Read MoreEarlier in the year Sarah from the CHEX team met with youth workers and volunteers Kirsty, Tony, Ciara and Kayley from Castlemilk Youth Complex and learned about the impressive range of youth and community led health and wellbeing work undertaken by the Complex with local partners.
Read MoreThe Common Ground Leadership Programme is a unique opportunity to build your leadership skills, explore shared challenges, and co-create solutions with peers from Northern Ireland and Scotland. public sector partners.
Read MoreSCDC/CHEX responded to Public Health Scotland’s consultation to support the development of their new strategy for 2025-2035.
Read MoreIn 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 MoreThis 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 MorePublished 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 MoreEarlier 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 MoreOver 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.
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