On 22 February the Scottish Government launched a long-term obesity strategy, Preventing Overweight and Obesity: A Route Map Towards Healthy Weight. The Route Map identired four key areas in which action is likely to have the greatest effect – reducing demand for and consumption of excessive amounts of high calorie foods and drinks; increasing opportunities …
Author archives: Alice Baird
Schools to benefit from Recipe for Success
The Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and Environment, Richard Lochhead, recently unveiled plans by the Scottish Government to teach children and young people about the supply chain and where food comes from as well as how it benefits their health, the economy and the environment. Activities will include: food and farming visits for 1800 primary …
Posted in Policy news
Early years roadshows
The Scottish Government and CoSLA are hosting a series of roadshows across Scotland in March this year on implementing the early years framework. The roadshows will mark a year of early years framework implementation and will allow participants to take stock of where we are both locally and nationally in the implementation journey. The roadshows …
Posted in Events and conferences
Expressions of Interest sought: delivering training on community engagement training
CFHS is seeking Expressions of Interest to deliver training on community engagement. Full details are available in the Current Work section
Posted in CFHS updates
Expressions of Interest sought: What is the impact of the CFHS small grants scheme?
CFHS is seeking expressions of interest for a research project to establish the impact of our annual small grants scheme beyond the evaluation of the funded activities. Full details of this research project are available in the Current Work section
Posted in CFHS updates, Funding news
An introduction to social impact and how you measure it
A few places are still available on this one-day workshop, being held on Wednesday 10 March. The workshop is being run by the Social Enterprise Academy for CFHS. If you want to measure the social, economic and environmental impact that your services have on the communities and individuals that you work with, then this workshop …
Posted in CFHS updates
Development of a Healthy Weight Outcomes Framework: a contribution from community food initiatives
Community Food and Health (Scotland) and NHS Health Scotland are collaborating to host an event that provides an exciting opportunity for community food initiatives to contribute to the development of this outcomes framework. The event will be held on Wednesday 17 March at the Scottish Book Trust in Edinburgh. Further information and a booking form …
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NHS Health Scotland – Anticipatory Care Practitioners Event on Equality and Diversity
NHS Scotland is inviting community-led health organisations to host a stall at its Anticipatory Care Practitioners Event on Equality and Diversity on the 9th March 2010 at Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh from 10am- 4pm. The day will involve a range of interactive workshops and marketplaces that will aim to assist practitioners with knowledge and skills …
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Issue 6 of Engage now available
Issue 6 of Engage, the magazine for the Meeting the Shared Challenge support programme, is now available to download from the Health Scotland website. In this issue Kay Barton from the Scottish Government reflects on the progress of the Meeting the Shared Challenge programme over the last two years. www.healthscotland.com/uploads/documents/11722-EngageIssue6.pdf
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Funding cuts? CHEX wants to hear from you
Unfortunately in times of budget constraints community and voluntary health organisations across the country are likely to be experiencing cuts in funding. The Community Health Exchange (CHEX) wants to capture that information so that it can provide the Scottish Government with an overview of what is happening at local level across the country. There is …