SHARING PRACTICE
This page highlights WISH events which aim to enhance capacity building and knowledge transfer. You'll also find information on the forthcoming 2010 WISH Awards and the 2009 Award winners.
Forthcoming WISH events
Register now for the WISH national conference
Hilton Grosvenor Hotel, Edinburgh
14 September 2010, 9.30am - 3.30pm
‘General versus targeted interventions: What is the learning for sexual health and wellbeing?’
This year’s national WISH conference will aim to stimulate debate around the use of general population level versus targeted interventions and highlight some of the key learning for sexual health and wellbeing.
The conference will give delegates the opportunity to:
- Hear from leading professionals on the benefits and drawbacks of population level versus targeted interventions
- Learn from the experience of practitioners who are using holistic approaches to promote sexual wellbeing
- Participate in discussion and debate with colleagues from around the country
Email Catriona Young to register now!
Celebrating success! The 2010 WISH awards
The WISH awards aim to promote and celebrate the success of Sexual Health and HIV projects and initiatives around the country. Nominations closed on 20 August 2010. Awards will be presented at the WISH National Conference at the Grosvenor Hilton Hotel, Edinburgh, on 14 September 2010.
Forthcoming regional event:
North of Scotland
Newton Hotel, Nairn
Wednesday 10 November 2010
This event will update practitioners on sex and the law. Also included in the programme: confidentiality, accessing services within a rural context, sexualisation of imagery/goods. Registration opens on 10 September. For more information call 0131 313 7573.
Previous WISH events
West of Scotland event: 'Sexual wellbeing: everyone's business'
Glasgow Hilton Hotel, Thursday 17 June 2010
This event explored risk-taking behaviours, how they are interrelated and their association with self esteem and mental health. Visit our Virtual Learning Envirnonment (external link) to view the presentations.
East of Scotland event: stigma, discrimination and values
Queensferry Hotel, North Queensferry, Wednesday 17 March 2010
This event built on the confidence and competency of the sexual health workforce by fostering an awareness of the importance of our actions on health inequalities. There were three presentations highlighting equality and diversity issues and accompanying workshops.
Access post-conference information from the East of Scotland event, including feedback from workshops and relevant resources(external link).
North of Scotland WISH event
AECC, Aberdeen, Thursday 19 November 2009
This event highlighted issues around Respect & Responsibility Outcome 4: Young People.
Work that is being undertaken to address the sexual health and wellbeing of young people in the North of Scotland was highlighted. Presentations included the use of chlamydia testing kits in a remote and rural setting, participatory methods of engaging with young people and the development of a sexual health drop in centre in Orkney.
View powerpoint-presentations and feedback from the North of Scotland event (external link).
WISH National Conference 2009
Radisson SAS Hotel, Glasgow, Wednesday 28 October 2009
The 2009 WISH conference focused on linking sexual health in with other strategies. There were mini-presentations about 'Curriculum for Excellence', 'the Gender-Based Violence programme', and 'Culture Change' and guest speaker Jo Adams, presented her work on supporting young people to delay early sex.
Access post-conference materials, including live web-casts, powerpoint presentations and 'Delay' resources (external link).
This page was reviewed on 11 June 2010.