Our Annual Development Fund will open on Friday 14 June and close on Friday 9 August 5pm. Groups and agencies in Scotland are welcome to apply for funding between £500 and £3000 to develop activities to improve access to, and take up of, a healthy and varied balanced diet within low-income communities. Funding applicants will be …
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CFHS Annual Development Fund (formerly known as the Annual Small Grant Scheme) to open soon
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Funding for Food Safety Week activities
As part of this year’s Food Safety Week from 10-16 June, the Food Standards Agency Scotland is keen to fund food safety activities by community food initiatives. Further details and an application form are available. Please note that applications need to be returned to Jill Gay at the Food Standards Agency Scotland by Friday 17 May.
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Knowledge, attitudes and motivations to health 2008-2011
The report, Knowledge, attitudes and motivations to health 2008-11 (KAM)m was published by NHS Health Scotland on 24th April 2013 on the ScotPHO website. This is the third and final report in the series, which ran between 2008 and 2011 as a module of the Scottish Health Survey. This module examined the links between knowledge, …
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Support and Connect – Big Lottery Fund Scotland
The Support and Connect Fund aims to help tackle poverty by improving local support for people experiencing hardship in Scottish communities. This might include funding welfare and rights advice, financial services, food and fuel poverty activities as well as projects providing clothing, starter packs and household goods. Revenue costs as well as some capital costs …
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Launch of new volunteering grant programmes
The Voluntary Action Fund (VAF) has recently announced the launch of two new grant programmes to support third sector organisations with an income under £50,000 create new or enhanced volunteering projects. The grants aim to increase the diversity of volunteers and improve opportunities for skills and personal development through volunteering. The grant will also support third sector …
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Learning and development programme 2013–2014
CFHS’s learning and development programme for 2013/2014 is now available. It includes half and one-day courses on customer care, health and safety, marketing and social enterprise, and a RSPH Level 3 Award in Nutrition. All of our courses are fully funded. Learning and development programme An evaluation of CFHS’s learning and development programme for 2012–2013 is available. …
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Area of Work: Networking and learning development
Learning exchanges
In 2012 CFHS, in collaboration with two health intermediaries, the Community Health Exchange (CHEX) and Voluntary Health Scotland (VHS) and the Scottish Government Third Sector Unit, created opportunities for structured dialogue between community-led health organisations and Scottish Government officials. This involved officials spending time visiting projects and learning about and participating in project activities. The report, From …
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Area of Work: Networking and learning development
The future is local
The Scottish Community Alliance (SCA) is co-ordinating a Communities Day at the Scottish Parliament on 26 April. The day will offer a mixture of debate and discussion on some of the key issues facing Scotland’s communities as well as providing an opportunity to celebrate achievements. Delegates from different parts of the sector have been invited …
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Third sector and NHS engagement
Effective engagement between the Third Sector and the NHS is more important than ever and two recent developments will hopefully be of assistance to both sectors. The Engagement Matrix provides tools and guidance and will be backed-up by a new on-line resource called Discover the Third Sector. Both have been produced by Scottish Government working …
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Glasgow’s Third Sector Transformation Fund
The Reshaping Care for Older People Glasgow City Partnership has announced a new round of funding for Glasgow’s Third Sector Transformation Fund. The first year of the fund saw 20 voluntary sector organisations benefit from a total of £700,000 in funding from the Reshaping Care for Older People Change Plan. The new funding round will …