Please note that our annual networking conference is now fully booked. Delegates can look forward to tasty presentations, lots of table talk and plenty to take away from our popular …
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CFHS annual networking conference 2017
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Area of Work: Networking and learning development
Obesity in Scotland
A new study “Obesity in Scotland: a persistent inequality” has been published in the International Journal for Equity and Health. The study is also summarised in the ScotPHO report “Obesity …
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Comic Relief launch new Active Ageing Grants Programme
The new Active Ageing: Creating Change in Communities initiative is providing £1.5 million of funding in order to engage older people aged 65 and over from ‘harder to reach’ groups …
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GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) IMPACT Awards 2018 Open to Applications
The IMPACT Awards are an annual scheme, funded by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) as part of the company’s commitment to promoting community health and wellbeing. The Awards are organised and managed in …
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Area of Work: Funding
New £1.6 million National Lottery project to tackle food poverty
People in communities across the UK will be given support to tackle food poverty, under a new four-year programme supported with more than £1.6 million of National Lottery funding from …
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Would you like to host an MSP at your garden?
Working to improve the laws and policies that affect community growing is an important element of the work of the Federation of City Farms and Community Gardens, who are looking …
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CFHS community cafe networking event
Booking is now open for ‘Take Five’ our national community café networking event, taking place on 28 September in Edinburgh. Our free event is open to anyone working in or …
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CFHS blog – from the reading pile …
Part of our role is to share evidence, learning and knowledge, so a few of my reflections on a little something from my reading pile. This week I read a …
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Area of Work: Information provision
Pilot areas named for new food insecurity project in Scotland
The three areas in which a unique project will pilot new preventative and rights-based approaches to cut the number of people turning to food banks will be announced tonight at …
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New animation: Power, a health and social justice issue
A short web-based animation on ‘Power as a health and social justice issue’ has been developed through a collaboration between Glasgow Centre for Population Health (GCPH) and NHS Health Scotland. …