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Briefing sheet on banks services to social enterprises

CFHS has put together a briefing sheet giving information about the services and key contacts that the main Scottish banks offer to projects using social enterprise approaches. It was produced …

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Small grant scheme 2007 now open

The Community Food and Health (Scotland) small grant scheme is now open. Grants from £500 to £3000 are available to groups and agencies in Scotland who wish to improve access …

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Lloyds TSB Foundation Grants Programme

The next deadline for grant applications to the Lloyds TSB Foundation for Scotland Standard Grants Programme is 21 May 2007. The Foundation makes grants totalling approximately £8 million each year …

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Fare Choice Issue 39 now available

The latest edition of our (redesigned) quarterly newsletter, Fare Choice, is now available to download from the Publications Library.

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Baseline study of food, health and homelessness projects, programmes and initiatives

In September 2006, the food, health and homeless initiative at Community Food and Health (Scotland) commissioned Blake Stevenson to undertake a baseline study of food, health and homelessness projects, programmes …

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Notes on CFHS work with local retailers on healthyliving programme

Notes from the roundtable discussion on our work with local retailers with regard to the Scottish Grocer’s Federation HealthyLiving programme is now available to download from the Catering and Retailing …

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Report on CFHS 2006 conference Bridges

The report of Community Food and Health (Scotland)’s networking conference, Bridges, held at the Apex Hotel in Dundee on 28 September 2006, is now available to download from the Conferences …

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Trellis – the new charity for therapeutic horticulture

Trellis is the new Scottish national charity that supports therapeutic gardening projects. Based in Perth, Trellis will run regional networking events, an annual conference in March, and advice and support …

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We’ve changed our name!

Thank you to everyone who contributed to finding a new name for the Scottish Community Diet Project. After ten years we have taken the decision to change our name to …

Also posted in CFHS updates |

Review of the Scottish Diet Action Plan

The review of the Scottish Diet Action Plan has now been completed by a distinguished panel, chaired by Prof Tim Lang.

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