The Energy Saving Scotland advice centre and the Sustainable Development Commission Scotland are hosting two free events to give community groups that opportunity to discover the Climate Challenge Fund and the organisations that can help them to realise their vision to become a low carbon community. The agenda for the events features speakers from Scottish …
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Soil Association Scotland public meetings on food
Soil Association Scotland is holding a series of public meetings throughout Scotland in the coming weeks. Members of the public are invited to take part in a discussion on how local communities can help create a healthier food culture, and a sustainable future for food and farming in Scotland. There will be an opportunity to …
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Caroline Walker Trust Eating Well Conference
This event to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Caroline Walker Trust took place on Tuesday 25 November 2008. The day covered aspects of public health nutrition, and a variety of topics such as UK food policies, pregnancy, early years and older people were critically assessed and discussed by speakers. Further information: www.cwt.org.uk
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NHS Health Scotland 60th Anniversary Public Health Roadshow
To celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the NHS, Health Scotland is staging public health roadshows across Scotland’s 14 health boards. The roadshows will consist of interactive displays, a fruit machine game for children and lots of free merchandise will be given away on the day including a booklet celebrating ’60 years of health improvement’. List …
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Date for your diary
CFHS is pleased to announce that the date has been set for this year’s free annual networking conference which will be held at the Thistle Hotel, Glasgow on Tuesday 11 November. We are still in the early stages of planning this event, but further details will be available on this website in due course.
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Report from national food policy discussion seminar 18 March 2008
On 18 March CFHS facilitated a national seminar at the Piping Centre in Glasgow to ensure that the experience and understanding of low-income communities is included in the development of a future National Food Policy for Scotland. The report from that seminar (PDF 232 kb) contains the responses from the seminar and it represents solely the …
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Back in Touch conference report available
The report of our annual networking conference, Back in Touch, held at Murrayfield Conference Centre in Edinburgh on 11 October 2007, is now available to download from the Publications Library.
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Food Access Network/FSA UK Liaison event
The next Food Access Network/FSA UK Liaison event will be held on Tuesday 16 April at the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff. The theme for this event will focus on ‘Food Access and Older People’ and this event is aimed at anyone from the UK or Republic of Ireland involved in food access activities with …
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Getting Down to Business – last chance to book
CFHS is holding 2 one-day events for community food enterprises interested in finding out more about social enterprise – Getting Down to Business will take place on 7 February 2008 in Edinburgh, and 28 February 2008 in Inverness. Getting Down to Business will give participants an opportunity to find out more about social enterprises from …
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CFHS annual networking conference 2009
Our annual networking conference takes place on 22 October at Carnegie Conference Centre in Dunfermline. This year we would like to offer you the opportunity to lead a workshop for up to 25 participants. We particularly encourage and welcome workshops led by volunteers and participants who have benefitted from food and health activitiies. Further information …