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Food Standards Agency interactive advent calendar

The Food Standards Agency has launched a ‘food safety’ interactive advent calendar this year, with advice on safe shopping, storing, and cooking of food (and leftovers) for Christmas.  www.thinglink.com/scene/331023273166897155?buttonSource=userPage

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Last chance to apply

Places are still available for our Royal Society for Public health Level 3 Award in nutrition for healthier food and special diets course, being held in January 2013. Closing date for applications is Friday 7 December. Further details and an application form can be found in the Current Work section

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Legacy 2014 Active Places Fund – Sport Scotland

The Scottish Government is motivated to encourage more people to become active and take part in sport. As a result, the ‘Legacy 2014 Active Place Fund’ has been established to provide funding to ‘capital projects which create or improve places in local communities where people can go to get active’. Community-led projects which demonstrate positive …

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New resource available from Trellis

 Trellis has a new Health & Safety in the Garden web page at www.trellisscotland.org.uk/healthsafety The page includes information and resources on  risk assessment, managing handwashing and appropriate clothing, Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH)  and creating health and safety policies.  

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CFHS Invitation to Tender

CFHS has issued a new invitation to tender to produce a model of the ‘theory of change’ underpinning the work of community food initiatives involving older people in Scotland. This will lay out the rationale that informs different initiatives and provide a model that can be a useful starting point for organisations looking to describe …

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CFHS annual networking conference is now fully booked

Demand for places at our annual networking conference  has been very high and this event is now fully booked three days before the closing date. We are delighted by the interest shown in our conference and look forward to welcoming delegates at the Grand Central Hotel in Glasgow on Wednesday 7 November.    

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Revised CFHS learning and development programme

CFHS’s revised learning and development programme is now available. Following the success of our customer care course in Edinburgh, a second course is being held in Glasgow on 9 November. Places are also available for the following: Understanding social enterprise, 19 October, Re-union canal boat, Edinburgh, 10 am – 4 pm (please note the revised …

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Understanding Social Enterprise

Further information on our rescheduled understanding social enterprise  course, which is to be held in Edinburgh on Friday 19 October, is now available. Full details of all our learning and development opportunities and application forms are available in the Current Work section.

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Improving Maternal and Infant Nutrition in Scotland: Unlocking our Potential

The next NHS Health Scotland Maternal and Infant Nutrition Conference will take place on Thursday 7 February 2013 in Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh.  The broad theme within this is the use of asset-based approaches to improving maternal and infant nutrition.  Parallel sessions will be themed around key elements of the Maternal and Infant Nutrition Framework and …

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CFHS launches an evaluation support package for community organisations working with food and mental health and wellbeing

Places are now available on this free support package designed to build capacity to evaluate the impact of work involving food, mental health and wellbeing.  The package will include:   Four days fully funded input from experts in the field Ongoing support from CFHS over 12 months to implement what you learn including a small amount …

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