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Scottish Orchards – Grow Your Own Census

Posted: March 25, 2011

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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TV formats, How to get beyond smoothies and Healthy Living Tastes Better

Posted: March 21, 2011

CFHS has a fact sheet and a new leaflet available. TV Dinners provides examples of how groups working with young people have used TV formats, such as Come Dine with …

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Obesity Route Map – Action Plan

Posted: March 18, 2011

In February 2010, the Scottish Government and COSLA launched a long-term obesity strategy entitled Preventing Overweight and Obesity in Scotland: A Route Map Towards Healthy Weight. The ‘Obesity Route Map’ …

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Nutritional Guidance for Children and Young People in Residential Care Settings

Posted: February 22, 2011

The Scottish Government yesterday published new nutritional guidance to help improve the health and wellbeing of children and young people in residential care settings. It provides nutritional and practical guidance …

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Young Scot awards – nominations sought in the Health category

Posted: February 14, 2011

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 …

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The best possible start

Posted: January 21, 2011

Many of you involved in food and health work and early years will have contributed experience and opinions to the Scottish Government’s development of a maternal and infant nutrition strategy. …

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Celebrating Outcomes

Posted: January 14, 2011

This week CFHS launched our most recent publication, Celebrating Outcomes, available to download from the Publications Library. This publication highlights the important contribution that community food initiatives are making towards …

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Take Life On marketing campaign

Posted: January 14, 2011

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, …

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Do you deliver cookery skills sessions within low-income communities in Scotland?

Posted: January 11, 2011

Would you like the chance for your group or agency to be entered into a free prize draw? We would like to find out what information groups or tutors have …

Also posted in CFHS updates |

People’s Millions relaunched

Posted: January 11, 2011

To mark the Queen’s diamond Jubilee in 2012, the Big Lottery Fund has re- branded the People”s Millions fund as the Jubilee People’s Millions. The scheme is for projects that …

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