Out & About: Mental Health Network Greater Glasgow & Clyde
/This April Sarah visited the Mental Health Network (Greater Glasgow and Clyde), where she met with Michelle McBride, Engagement Worker for the Network.
Read MoreA Ceilidh and a Safari: Out and about in Inverness and Moray
/Andrew 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 MoreWe can’t change the whole world – but we can change many worlds
/In 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 MoreUniversities as partners in progress on inclusion health
/In 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 MoreReflecting on how NHS could gain more from public involvement
/In 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 MoreOut & About: Castlemilk Youth Complex
/Earlier 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 MoreApplications open for an exciting new collaboration between Northern Ireland & Scotland
/The 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 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 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 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.
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