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Launch of Scottish Government Resilience Fund

The Scottish Government has just announced the launch of a £1.7 million Resilience Fund, for third sector organisations that have been affected by the recession. Grants of between £10,000 and …

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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. …

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Minding Their Own Business Too

In 2006 CFHS produced Minding Their Own Business, an introduction to business and social enterprise for organisations supporting local communities tackling inequalities in diet and health. Minding Their Own Business …

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CFHS annual networking conference open for bookings

Booking forms are now available for this year’s annual networking conference, Going Forth, to be held at the Carnegie Conference Centre on 22 October. Please visit the Current Work section …

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Healthier food pilots

CFHS is looking to expand its work with black and ethnic minority communities and want to hear from groups and organisations that have ideas about work they would like to …

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Regional networking events

As part of the second year of the ‘Healthy Communities: Meeting the Shared Challenge’ programme CHEX is hosting 4 ‘Regional Networking Events’. The events are aimed at community and voluntary …

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Business planning day for social enterprises

Firstport will be running a day of free business planning with a leading international consultancy. The event will be held in central Scotland, probably on 29 September (to be confirmed), …

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The Missing Ingredients

On Thursday 25 June, CFHS co-hosted this event in Edinburgh, looking at what we are learning and what we need to do about food, health and homelessness in Scotland. 70 …

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Issue 4 of Engage

Issue 4 of Engage, the magazine for the Meeting the Shared Challenge support programme, is now available from the NHS Health Scotland website. This edition focuses on evidence and evaluation.

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National Food and Drink Policy for Scotland

Richard Lochhead, Rural Affairs and Environment Secretary, unveiled ‘Recipe for Success’ – setting out the next steps for the national food and drink policy – this morning at the Royal …

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