Community and Voluntary Sector

Find out more about the Community and Voluntary Sector Programme´s work being taken forward by NHS Health Scotland and our partners.

For an introduction to what´s driving this work, visit Background of the Community and Voluntary Sectors Programme.

Current programmes/projects

Community-Led Health (Meeting the Shared Challenge and ongoing work)
Find out more about Community-led health and how we are taking the learning from Meeting the Shared Challenge forward.

Local Alliances - Tobacco Control
NHS Health Scotland support Local Alliance partnerships of organisations from different sectors in each region to work together to plan, co-ordinate, and implement tobacco control measures based on local priorities.

Developing Partnerships between Community and Voluntary Sector Organisations and Anticipatory Care.
NHS Health Scotland are leading a programme of work to support the development of partnerships between Community and Voluntary Sector organisations and anticipatory care programmes in Scotland.

Economic Evidence of Community-Led Health Intiatives impact
NHS Health Scotland have been working with partners to increase awareness of the benefits of economic evidence as a means to demonstrate the impact of community-led health improvement projects.

Outcome focused approaches and the Community and Voluntary Sector
Why are outcome-focused approaches important for community and voluntary sector organisations? Information on different models for outcome focused approaches, including Learning, Evaluation and Planning(LEAP). How LEAP and outcome-focused approaches can complement each other.

Reviewed 29 July 2014