Author archives: Alice Baird

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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GCVS funding search facility

GCVS today launched its new funding search facility, First Funding Stop, a one-stop online funding locator. This new resource is free to use and offers an extensive search facility, as …

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Mind the Menu: community food work supporting mental health and wellbeing

Booking forms are now available for this CFHS event to be held on Wednesday 29 February. Visit the Current Work section for more details.

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New sustainable development resources for community groups

A new set of educational resources on sustainable development for community organisations has been produced by the Scottish Community Development Centre (SCDC). Community Action for a Sustainable Scotland (CASS) is …

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