The Healthy Eating, Active Living action plan set out the intention to establish a handful of Healthy Weight Communities across Scotland. These pathfinder programmes will aim to prevent obesity and …
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Support for children and families
A transformational framework to improve the life chances of Scotland’s children and tackle inequalities by targeting the early years was launched by the Scottish Government and COSLA last week. The …
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Healthy Start for kids at school
Pilot projects aimed at improving children’s health by providing targeted health-related services at school were unveiled yesterday by the Scottish Government as the first Equally Well implementation plan was published. …
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Healthy eating and active living
A new action plan, ‘Healthy Eating, Active Living’, targeting obesity, poor diet and the promotion of physical exercise has been launched by the Scottish Government, highlighting an additional £40 million …
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Deadline extended for discussion paper on tackling poverty, inequality and deprivation in Scotland
The deadline for responses to the Scottish Government’s discussion paper on ‘Taking Forward the Government Economic Strategy: A Discussion Paper on Tackling Poverty, Inequality and Deprivation in Scotland’ has been …
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National food discussion: have your say
The discussion paper Choosing the Right Ingredients – the future of food for Scotland sets out the Scottish Government’s vision for food in Scotland. Community Food and Health (Scotland) believes …
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National food discussion begins
Richard Lochhead, Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment today launched a national discussion on a food policy for Scotland at a breakfast club in Edinburgh www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2008/01/14151919 The discussion …
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Review of the Scottish Diet Action Plan
The review of the Scottish Diet Action Plan has now been completed by a distinguished panel, chaired by Prof Tim Lang.
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Community Empowerment Plan
The Scottish Government has launched its community empowerment action plan, which builds on its joint statement with CoSLA on community empowerment in 2008. The action plan sets out a range …