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CFHS February e-bulletin

Our February e-bulletin reports on responses to the Ending the Need for Food Banks consultation as well as letting you know about the latest reports and events. You can view the e-bulletin here. 

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Affording to Eat Well in Scotland – event

Nourish Scotland and Poverty Truth Community are running an online event: Affording to eat well in Scotland.  Thursday 10 March 2022, 11:00 – 13:00 The right to food is about more than meeting our daily nutritional requirements. What does it cost to keep us healthy and well? You can find out more, and sign up …

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Active Communities funding

The People’s Health Trust have recently launched this new funding programme  for local groups (in some parts of Scotland) wanting to create fairer places to grow, live, work and age. Funding of £5000 to £40,000 is available. More information on availability and eligibility is available on the People’s Health Trust website.

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Plant and Share funding

Food-based community groups are invited to apply for this small grant funding of £150 to enable them to take part in Plant and Share month, which is a celebration of growing your own food – and friendships within the community. More information and details of how to apply on the Food for Life Get Togethers …

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Our Place

Our Place is a new website devoted to promoting the benefits of place and place-based working, developed by the partners behind the Place Standard tool. It has information, tools and resources to help support the development of places and services that improve our health, our prosperity, our quality of life and protect our environment. Visit www.ourplace.scot for …

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Ending the Need for Food Banks consultation

Public Health Scotland has responded to this recent consultation, which closed on 25 January 2022. You can read the response at the link below. PHS Response – Ending the need for food banks 20.02.22

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#ShiftThePower Scotland Comic Relief Fund

#ShiftThePower supports organisations with passionate people to make meaningful change in their communities. In 2022, the fund will be open to grassroots organisations and charities with an income of £250,000 or less whose work fits one of two strategic themes: Children Survive and Thrive – Supporting children to survive and thrive during the first years of life …

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Tesco Community Grants

Tesco Community Grants is open for applications and will provide grants of up to £1500 to support projects focused on supporting children and families, and food issues – including community food growing. More information about the fund is available on the Greenspace Scotland website.

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Children’s Healthier Eating Toolkit

This toolkit contains ten different activities to support families to make positive changes to their diet and can be used in a variety of settings. The toolkit is available to download here.

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Winter Support Small Grant Fund

This Scottish Government fund has reopened for applications, with a closing date of 2 February. The Corra Foundation is encouraging applications as soon as possible, as it may close earlier than this if a high number of applications are received. More information on the Corra Foundation website.

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