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Preventing Overweight and Obesity: A Route Map Towards Healthy Weight

On 22 February the Scottish Government launched a long-term obesity strategy, Preventing Overweight and Obesity: A Route Map Towards Healthy Weight. The Route Map identired four key areas in which …

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Schools to benefit from Recipe for Success

The Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and Environment, Richard Lochhead, recently unveiled plans by the Scottish Government to teach children and young people about the supply chain and where food …

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Early years roadshows

The Scottish Government and CoSLA are hosting a series of roadshows across Scotland in March this year on implementing the early years framework. The roadshows will mark a year of …

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Expressions of Interest sought: delivering training on community engagement training

CFHS is seeking Expressions of Interest to deliver training on community engagement. Full details are available in the Current Work section

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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