Author archives: Alice Baird

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) IMPACT Awards 2018 Open to Applications

The IMPACT Awards are an annual scheme, funded by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) as part of the company’s commitment to promoting community health and wellbeing. The Awards are organised and managed in …

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New £1.6 million National Lottery project to tackle food poverty

People in communities across the UK will be given support to tackle food poverty, under a new four-year programme supported with more than £1.6 million of National Lottery funding from …

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Would you like to host an MSP at your garden?

Working to improve the laws and policies that affect community growing is an important element of the work of the Federation of City Farms and Community Gardens, who are looking …

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CFHS community cafe networking event

Booking is now open for ‘Take Five’ our national community café networking event, taking place on 28 September in Edinburgh. Our free event is open to anyone working in or …

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CFHS blog – from the reading pile …

Part of our role is to share evidence, learning and knowledge, so a few of my reflections on a little something from my reading pile. This week I read a …

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Pilot areas named for new food insecurity project in Scotland

The three areas in which a unique project will pilot new preventative and rights-based approaches to cut the number of people turning to food banks will be announced tonight at …

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Climate Challenge Funding

The Scottish Government’s Climate Challenge Fund is now open for the next round of applications. Community-led organisations are invited to apply for grants of up to £150,000 per organisation per …

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How to get a new allotment site

The Galvanising Grassroots Guide on ‘How to get a new allotment site‘ has just been launched at the the Annual Scottish Allotments Conference on Saturday June 17th. It  contains 7 …

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Do you run or manage community cooking skills activities in Scotland?

If, yes, please consider completing our survey. If your organisation has more than one person who runs cooking skills activities on behalf of your organisation, please consider choosing just one …

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Help to map awareness and use of participation requests among community organisations

Are you a member of a community organisation? Have you heard of participation requests, and are you thinking about making one? Participation requests are a new way for community organisations …

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