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Expressions of Interest sought: What is the impact of the CFHS small grants scheme?

CFHS is seeking expressions of interest for a research project to establish the impact of our annual small grants scheme beyond the evaluation of the funded activities. Full details of this research project are available in the Current Work section

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An introduction to social impact and how you measure it

A few places are still available on this one-day workshop, being held on Wednesday 10 March. The workshop is being run by the Social Enterprise Academy for CFHS. If you want to measure the social, economic and environmental impact that your services have on the communities and individuals that you work with, then this workshop …

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Development of a Healthy Weight Outcomes Framework: a contribution from community food initiatives

Community Food and Health (Scotland) and NHS Health Scotland are collaborating to host an event that provides an exciting opportunity for community food initiatives to contribute to the development of this outcomes framework. The event will be held on Wednesday 17 March at the Scottish Book Trust in Edinburgh. Further information and a booking form …

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NHS Health Scotland – Anticipatory Care Practitioners Event on Equality and Diversity

NHS Scotland is inviting community-led health organisations to host a stall at its Anticipatory Care Practitioners Event on Equality and Diversity on the 9th March 2010 at Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh from 10am- 4pm. The day will involve a range of interactive workshops and marketplaces that will aim to assist practitioners with knowledge and skills …

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Issue 6 of Engage now available

Issue 6 of Engage, the magazine for the Meeting the Shared Challenge support programme, is now available to download from the Health Scotland website. In this issue Kay Barton from the Scottish Government reflects on the progress of the Meeting the Shared Challenge programme over the last two years. www.healthscotland.com/uploads/documents/11722-EngageIssue6.pdf

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Small steps towards a healthier life

The Food Standards Agency has officially launched SmallSteps4Life – an interactive website to motivate young people to take simple steps towards improving their health and wellbeing, both inside and outside the classroom. SmallSteps4Life encourages young people to set themselves challenges, relating to the themes of eating well, getting active and feeling good – these could …

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Fitness to tender – winning public sector contracts

Fitness to Tender is three workshops run by Forth Sector Development. They are aimed at increasing third sector organisations’ knowledge of the tendering process. Support will also be given around bidding for and winning contracts. The workshops are completely free and aimed at third sector organisations in Edinburgh with little or no experience in tendering. …

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Evidencing our outcomes – celebrating our contribution

Across Scotland community food initiatives are making a difference. Through improved access to food, communities address health inequalities and improve the health of individuals and families. 24-hour learning event15/16 April 2010Venue to be confirmed CFHS are pleased to invite you to start a journey to evidence and celebrate outcomes. The journey will bring together people …

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Celebrating the 50th edition of Fare Choice

In CFHS’s most recent edition of Fare Choice (edition 50!) we included a couple of exciting opportunities for community food initiatives across Scotland. Firstly, we included a template for community food initiatives to complete, telling us about how you feel your work is contributing to national outcomes. More information and a copy of the template …

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Edition 50 of Fare Choice now available

This month our quarterly newsletter, Fare Choice, reaches its 50th edition and looks back at initiatives featured in the first edition and how they have managed to sustain their activities. Fare Choice is available to download now from the Publications Library.

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