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Food for Life Get Togethers in Scotland – bringing communities closer. Resources available.

Posted: November 22, 2019

The Soil Association’s Food for Life Get Togethers are fun activities and events involving good food that bring people of different ages and backgrounds together. They can be big or small and might involve growing, cooking, eating or all three!  If you think you could run a Food for Life Get Together for your community, …

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Scottish Cancer Prevention Network newsletter

Posted: November 21, 2019

A tenth anniversary edition of their newsletter has just gone out from the Scottish Cancer Prevention Network and is available from their website.  

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Environmental Protection Scotland’s new publication

Posted: November 21, 2019

Of interest to community growers would be Environmental Protection Scotland’s publication on land contamination, available from their website.

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RSA’s Food, Farming and Countryside Scottish Commission report

Posted: November 21, 2019

The report from the RSA’s Food, Farming and Countryside Scottish Commission is available on their website.

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Update: Priceless CFHS Annual Networking Conference, 4 November 2019

Posted: November 13, 2019

Community Food and Health Scotland’s 2019 Annual Networking Conference – Priceless – was an informative event, which stimulated many interesting discussions and was an excellent networking opportunity. Our keynote speaker’s Wendy Wills Presentation at Priceless Conference has been uploaded.  Please follow this link to read the Conference summary report.  In addition, an evaluation survey summary …

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FareChoice Issue 80

Posted: October 22, 2019

Issue 80 of our newsletter, Fare Choice, is now available to download from the publications library.

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Fareshare additional Funding

Posted: October 22, 2019

Information and advice is available from your local Fareshare hub on the application of the Scottish Government’s recently announced additional £1 million investment to support organisations responding to food insecurity. Fareshare has hubs in Tayside and Fife, Central and Edinburgh, Glasgow and Grampian.

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Community Food Health Scotland (CFHS) annual networking conference, Priceless

Posted: September 11, 2019

We are delighted to announce that registration is open for the Community Food Health Scotland (CFHS) annual conference, Priceless: the networking event for everyone who values the contribution of low- income communities in addressing food insecurity, health inequalities and social exclusion, which will take place at COSLA Conference Centre in Edinburgh on Monday 4 November …

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Scottish Borders School Holiday Programme update

Posted: September 11, 2019

Health & Wellbeing Nutrition, Physical Activity & Family Learning Children & Families have enjoyed a range of fun filled activities during the summer holidays across Burnfoot, Langlee, Selkirk & Eyemouth, making the most of quality time off and tapping into the very best of what is available in their communities.  Programmes have been developed in …

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Communities as leaders for public health

Posted: September 3, 2019

  Communities as leaders for public health is the theme of an engagement event hosted by the Royal College of Physicians in Edinburgh on October 21st. Places can be booked on Eventbrite.

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