Author archives: Alice Baird

Community Spaces Programme

The Big Lottery Fund (BIG) has announced that its Community Spaces Programme will re-open for applications in June 2012. Through the programme, grants of between £10,000 and £250,000 are available …

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Savour the flavour – the African Kitchen

The Co-operative Savour the Flavour roadshow is travelling round Scotland at the end of June and the beginning of July. The African Kitchen will give Co-operative Members useful ideas and recipes using …

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World Health Day

The World Health Organisation (WHO) is calling for urgent action to ensure that, at a time when the world’s population is ageing rapidly, people reach old age in the best …

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More Village SOS funding

The Big Lottery Fund has announced a second round of Village SOS funding totalling £4 million, which will open on 10 April. Grants of between £10,000 and £50,000 are available …

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Community Food Social Enterprise Network

The next meeting of the Community Food Social Enterprise Network is being held on Tuesday 24 April at 3 pm in the Crescent Kitchen, Broomhouse Centre, Edinburgh. The meeting will …

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Mind the Menu

This CFHS event on community food work supporting mental health and wellbeing has now been rescheduled to Wednesday 6 June at Discovery Point in Dundee. Further information and details of …

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National Parenting Strategy

The Scottish Government would welcome the views of early years workers as it develops the National Parenting Strategy. The strategy will be wide ranging, focusing on parents of children of …

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NHS Health Scotland Healthy Living publications update

The NHS Health Scotland suite of Healthy Living public facing resources will be updated in 2012-13 and support is needed to guide the development of these national publications. These publications …

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Community Food Social Enterprise Network meeting

The next Community Food Social Enterprise Network meeting is being held on Wednesday 21st March, 3pm at the Crescent Cafe in the Broomhouse Centre, Edinburgh. There will be a tour …

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Speakers announced for the 2012 National Food and Drink Policy Conference

The Scottish Government has just announced the line-up of speakers for its National Food and Drink Policy Conference, which is to be held in Perth on Wednesday 7 March 2012. …

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