greenspace scotland, NatureScot and Public Health Scotland have published A Framework for Advancing Green Health in Scotland – a joint commitment to ensure that Scotland’s natural environment plays a full and coordinated role in improving the health and wellbeing of its people. The framework sets out a shared vision, six pillars and 15 priority actions, …
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Dignity in Practice Case Studies
Over the past couple of years, the Dignity Project at Nourish Scotland has focused on sharing learning and developing expertise around Dignity, Cash-First, and the Right to Food. This has included engaging through online and in-person meetings where members shared examples of good practice. A number of case studies have now been published on how …
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Together We Can
Public Health Scotland (PHS) has published its ten-year strategy, Together We Can. This document sets out how PHS will work with partners across Scotland to address the challenges described above, strengthen prevention, and support communities to thrive. It will outline the collective actions needed, from national policy to local delivery, to create the conditions in …
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Putting the hard-to-do parts of preventative policy into action
Late last year a group of organisations (SCDC, Voluntary Health Scotland, the Alliance, and Edinburgh Community Health Forum) came together to issue a joint statement on the role prevention plays in tackling Scotland’s growing health inequalities crisis. This statement explored how preventative approaches involve identifying and tackling root causes before negative outcomes occur – and …
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CFHS e-bulletin
Our latest e-bulletin features information about the community food sector, opportunities to get involved in our online networking sessions, funding, events and much more. You can view the e-bulletin here.
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Eating Well for Exercise
The British Nutrition Foundation (BNF) has web-based resources highlighting the important foods and nutrients to support physical activity. Eating well for physical activity and sport can have many benefits including supporting sport performance and reducing the risk of injury and illness. More information on eating well for exercise is available on the BNF website.
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The state of Scottish volunteering
During 2024 Volunteer Scotland undertook several research projects about volunteering. Amongst its findings it concludes that volunteering is in crisis, the cost of living crisis is closing doors to volunteer participation and the demographic profile of Scotland’s volunteers is changing. The reports are available on the Volunteer Scotland website.
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Public Diners
Nourish Scotland has published a second report on its public diners project, Public Diners: By the public, outlining the consultation process for its planned pilot public diner in Dundee. A video explaining the public diner experience and history is also available. Visit the Nourish Scotland website for more information.