Public Health Scotland is inviting expressions of interest from local areas to pilot the Place Standard Tool with a Food Environment Lens. The pilot will explore how the tool can bring communities together to review and influence their local food environments and support local planning and decision-making. Local authorities and NHS Boards are well placed …
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Unbound Scotland
Led jointly by SCDC and SCCAN, Unbound Scotland will work across the country to raise awareness of the power of community action to achieve local solutions that also take on global issues. Funded by the National Lottery Community Fund, Unbound will focus on building skills, knowledge and confidence with communities across Scotland’s 32 local authority areas. The 3-year project will …
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Apply to join new design series for public diners
Nourish Scotland is looking for 12 people with diverse personal and professional perspectives to join co-design sessions exploring the details of public diners. – What’s on the menu? – How much is ‘affordable’? – Where are the best places to open them? To find out more, including details on how to apply, see here.
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Collaboration for health equity in Scotland
Public Health Scotland has joined with the University College London’s Institute of Health Equity (IHE) for a two-year Collaboration for Health Equity in Scotland (CHES). Working with Professor Sir Michael Marmot, the director of the Institute, this collaboration will strengthen and accelerate the action underway to: improve Scotland’s health; increase wellbeing; and reduce health inequities. The …
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Community meals in Scotland
Nourish Scotland is currently gathering information about the various community meals taking place across Scotland. Are you aware of any taking place in your neighbourhood? Please contact cici@nourishscotland.org.uk
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Eating Out, Eating Well Framework pilot participation
Access to affordable, healthy, acceptable food is essential for health. We are increasingly eating out of home. And customers are increasingly looking to make healthy and sustainable choices when eating out. The Eating Out, Eating Well Framework and Code of Practice for Children’s menus has been developed by Public Health Scotland and Food Standards Scotland …
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Join the Scottish Alliance for Food (SCAF)
The recently formed Alliance focuses on research excellence across different disciplines and sectors to deliver focused, concerted actions to facilitate systems thinking and transformative research, to support a sustainable food and diet system, practices and behaviours in Scotland. It is looking for a broad range of people to shape its activities. Find out more on …
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Global Plant Kitchens
Global Plant Kitchens is a free online programme developed by Made in Hackney for anyone who wants to set up a vegan community cookery school. Learn about fundraising, teaching classes, growing a team and more. The team are currently looking for an organisation or person who wants to create a new plant-based food project in …
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Food Train Connects
The Food Train has just launched its newest service, which is available to older people Scotland-wide. The Food Train Connects shopping service connects customers with a volunteer living nearby willing to support them with the weekly task of shopping. Volunteers collect shopping lists weekly on an agreed suitable day, do the shopping and deliver to …
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Community health matters
Calling all community health organisations: how valued do you feel? In this blog, Niall McShannon from Clydesdale Community Initiatives talks about a survey seeking to understand the relationship between community organisations and their public sector partners. You can read the blog and complete the survey on the CHEX website