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A one of a kind, life-changing service in Scotland: Reflections on Milestone Intermediate Care Unit

16 June 2022 By Esther Currie Leave a Comment

A one of a kind, life-changing service in Scotland: Reflections on Milestone Intermediate Care Unit by Dr Gerry Mitchell (a social policy researcher) “I came here so broken and uncertain, and the beginning of this journey started in room 9. I am leaving with so much hope and determination for the next chapter.” In two bungalows set back in a quiet road of the city, an intermediate care service comprised […]

Keeping The Promise for Edinburgh’s Children

23 May 2022 By Esther Currie Leave a Comment

Keeping The Promise for Edinburgh’s Children by Keith Dyer, Quality Assurance and Compliance Manager, Education and Children’s Directorate, City of Edinburgh Council You may recall that back in 2016, the First Minister made a commitment that Scotland would “come together and love its most vulnerable children to give them the childhood they deserve.” She commissioned the Independent Care Review to look at what […]

Putting human rights and equalities at the heart of what we do…

10 May 2022 By Esther Currie Leave a Comment

Putting human rights and equalities at the heart of what we do… by Alice Tucker, Third Sector Human Rights and Equalities Development Officer (East region) Earlier this month, I embarked on the 6-hour journey from my parent’s home in Cambridgeshire to Edinburgh to begin my role as a Human Rights and Equalities Development Officer with EVOC. My move-in day marked only the second time I had been […]

The world stopped breathing…

27 April 2022 By Esther Currie Leave a Comment

The world stopped breathing… by Olga Wojciechowska (EVOC Development Worker) A little over a month ago the world stopped breathing… hoping that what they were hearing and seeing wasn’t real. Poland (where I live) began welcoming people from Ukraine almost as soon as the war started. My friends and family were rushing to help people at the border, taking […]

A Leap of Faith…

7 March 2022 By Esther Currie Leave a Comment

A Leap of Faith… by Marion Findlay (Director of Services, Volunteer Edinburgh) on the new community commissioning process for the Communities Mental Health & Wellbeing Fund in Edinburgh. It is exactly four months since our colleague Maria Arnold posted her blog “Put the Money Where Our Mouth Is…” on the EVOC website. On 2nd November she reflected on the […]

A Community Vaccine?

22 February 2022 By Esther Currie Leave a Comment

A Community Vaccine? by Bridie Ashrowan (Chief Executive) In recent weeks, while many people and communities have been facing an array of additional pressures, I was asked to attend meetings with the Deputy First Minister John Swinney and Humza Yousaf, The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care. Sitting (virtually) alongside senior colleagues from the Integrated Joint Board, […]

Put the Money Where Our Mouth Is…

2 November 2021 By Esther Currie Leave a Comment

Put the Money Where Our Mouth Is… by Maria Arnold (Senior Development Officer – Adult Health and Wellbeing). How to best spend public money is a topic fraught with tension, and for good reason. Too often the processes used to decide how to use precious funds seem so bureaucratic that they feel like they are missing the point. The various qualities of […]

The Future of Older People’s Day Care Services in Edinburgh

25 October 2021 By Esther Currie Leave a Comment

The Future of Older People’s Day Care Services in Edinburghby Stefan Milenkovic (Senior Development Officer, Older People’s Health and Wellbeing at EVOC). As we publish a new report that explores the The Future of Older People’s Day Care Services in Edinburgh, Stef reflects on his experiences in the sector and how he hopes this report can inform the future. On the 18th October 2021, […]

A Reflection on the Past Year

8 October 2021 By Esther Currie 1 Comment

A Reflection on the Past Year To mark the publication of the Edinburgh Community Link Worker 2020-21 Review, Julie Roxburgh – Deep End Community Link Worker, Wester Hailes (The Health Agency) – share’s her reflections on the past year. I came back to work in October 2020, after a year of maternity leave. Never in my wildest dreams could I have […]

A one of a kind, life-changing service in Scotland: Reflections on Milestone Intermediate Care Unit

Keeping The Promise for Edinburgh’s Children

Putting human rights and equalities at the heart of what we do…

The world stopped breathing…

A Leap of Faith…

A Community Vaccine?

Put the Money Where Our Mouth Is…

The Future of Older People’s Day Care Services in Edinburgh

A Reflection on the Past Year

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