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Food social enterprise network meeting

The second meeting of the community food social enterprise network is being held on 29 June from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Ore Valley Business Centre, Lochgelly, Fife. All community food initiatives that are, or aspire to become, social enterprises are invited. A light lunch is being provided. If you’d like to attend, please …

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CFHS call for conference workshop leaders

The CFHS Annual networking conference will take place on 3 November 2011 at the Carnegie Conference Centre in Dunfermline. This year the conference will focus on ‘where food sits within the wider health improvement and health inequalities agenda’. Delivering a workshop about community food and health work with participants around the conference theme will be …

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CFHS Funding for community food retailers

Following the success of our funding programme in January, CFHS are again inviting community food retailers that have taken part in one of the Scottish Grocers Federation’s ‘healthyliving’ programme’s training session to apply for funding to run activities to promote their fruit and vegetable co-ops and stalls during the summer. For more details, contact Anne: …

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Scottish Orchards – Grow Your Own Census

Scottish Orchards is undertaking a mapping exercise of orchards and grow your own projects in Central Scotland. A census form is available on the Scottish Orchards website www.scottishorchards.com

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Young Scot awards – nominations sought in the Health category

The Sunday Mail is looking for nominations for its Young Scot awards. Are you aware of a young person helping others to lead a healthier lifestyle? Or supporting the community to deal with alcohol or mental health issues? How are the young people you know making a positive impact on other people’s health and wellbeing? …

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Take Life On marketing campaign

This year’s Take Life On campaign will be supported by an eight stop marketing tour across Scotland, to demonstrate the types of healthy changes people can make to their lifestyles, as well as promotions in selected Morrisons stores. Further details and dates are available in the Take Life On Field Marketing Programme.

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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 …

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What is the impact of volunteering in your organisation?

Volunteer Development Scotland (VDS) is currently piloting a Volunteer Impact Assessment toolkit and they are keen to work with a community food initiative as part of this pilot. The Volunteer Impact Assessment toolkit was originally developed by the Institute for Volunteering Research in response to growing demand for support from organisations to highlight the impact …

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Single Outcome Agreements

Single Outcome Agreements (SOAs) are now the key way that Community Planning Partnerships (CPPs) identify their priorities for local communities, in line with national outcomes identified by the Scottish Government. We have heard about one or two examples of people linking the outcomes they achieve to those within their local SOAs. For more information please …

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Watch East Lothian Roots and Fruits on Beechgrove Garden

In the last edition (40) of Fare Choice we featured East Lothian Roots and Fruits in a Take Stock article. We let you know that they were soon to be featured on BBC’s Beechgrove Garden. Filming was completed in June, which was lots of fun, and the programme was aired on 4 July. If you …

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