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
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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Area of Work: Networking and learning development
Scottish Borders School Holiday Programme update
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
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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How does community development practice tackle inequalities in our communities?
This is the theme of the Community Development Alliance Scotland conference on Tuesday 10th September in Edinburgh. You can find out more about the conference and register here (The event is free if your organisation has an income of under £50,000).
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Principles for Community Empowerment
This new publication from Audit Scotland aims to raise awareness of community empowerment and promote a shared understanding across scrutiny bodies to support high-quality scrutiny of community empowerment. Available to download from www.audit-scotland.gov.uk/report/principles-for-community-empowerment
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Developing a Strategic Direction for Community Development in Public Health
On 21 March 2019 NHS Health Scotland held the above event, which brought together approximately 30 participants from different sectors to highlight the opportunities, challenges and shared vision of community development in public health in Scotland. We asked the participants to identify what is currently working well and what we need to do differently to …
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Opportunity to get involved with the new Grow Banff @ the Vinery project
Aberdeenshire Council are looking for a social enterprise, charity, business or partnership who will work with them and the community to fulfil the potential of a derelict, listed Vinery building in Banff to make a real difference to people’s lives. A community consultation was carried out to identify possible uses for this Grade B listed …
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Our Future in the Land
In this final report, the Food, Farming and Countryside Commission sets out radical and practical ways for policymakers, business and communities to respond to the challenges to the future of food and farming and to people’s health and wellbeing. Report and summary documents available to download from the RSA website.
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FareChoice Issue 80
Issue 80 of our newsletter, Fare Choice, is now available to download from the publications library.