NEWS APRIL 2025:
As of Tue 1 Apr, Edinburgh’s Community Link Worker Network will be hosted by NHS Lothian.
NEWS FEB 2025:
Edinburgh’s Community Link Worker Network is celebrating 4 years of introducing link working and social prescribing to medical students at the University of Edinburgh on Tue 18 Feb. Read more:
NEWS Sep 2024:
The Edinburgh Community Link Worker Annual Review 2023-24 was launched at an event on Wed 11 Sep. You can browse the digital version here.
NEWS July 2024:
Edinburgh’s Community Link Worker Network wins the Award for the Best Local Social Prescribing Link Worker Team/Service at the 2024 Social Prescribing Awards. Read the full story here.
NEWS Oct 2023:
Edinburgh’s Community Link Worker Network has been recognised for its work tackling health inequalities in the 2023 Scottish Health Awards. Read the full story here.
NEWS Sep 2023:
The Edinburgh Community Link Worker Network Annual Review for 2022/23 has been published. You can read the full report here.
As of October 2024, there are 25 Community Link Workers in Edinburgh’s Community Link Worker Network. You can find out more about the CLW Network on their news page and browse their publications here.
Follow the CLW Network on Twitter: @Edinburgh_CLW
Edinburgh’s CLW Service covers 45 GP practices with CLWs employed by 9 voluntary sector organisations:
- Carr Gomm
- Caring In Craigmillar
- Community Renewal
- Cyrenians
- Edinburgh & Lothians Greenspace Trust
- Health All Round
- Pilton Community Health Project
- Space & Broomhouse Hub
- The Health Agency
To find out more about Community Link Workers watch this short film (use the password CLW).
You can get in touch with Alison Leitch (Assistant Service Manager).
The Community Link Worker Service is funded by Edinburgh Health & Social Care Partnership who contracts EVOC (Edinburgh Voluntary Organisations’ Council) to commission local Third Sector Organisations (TSOs) spread across Edinburgh’s 4 localities to host/employ up to a maximum of 3 CLWs per organisation.
