Issue 4 of Engage, the magazine for the Meeting the Shared Challenge support programme, is now available from the NHS Health Scotland website. This edition focuses on evidence and evaluation.
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National Food and Drink Policy for Scotland
Richard Lochhead, Rural Affairs and Environment Secretary, unveiled ‘Recipe for Success’ – setting out the next steps for the national food and drink policy – this morning at the Royal Highland Show. It sets out steps to bring together key issues of health and environmental sustainability with business and community needs, and stresses the importance …
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CFHS launches two new publications
Food, training and learning disability highlights work in Scotland to improve food and health for people with learning disabilities. The report focuses on a training project for support workers but also includes case studies from groups that regularly deliver cooking skills and healthy eating activities with people with learning disabilities. The Missing Ingredients is based …
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New food co-ops toolkit
Sustain: the Alliance for Food and Farming has produced a new food co-ops toolkit to help communities set up their own food co-ops and buying groups. The toolkit aims to provide an overview of the important things you need to think about when setting up and running a food co-op. The toolkit is only available …
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Issue 3 of Engage now available
Issue 3 of Engage, the magazine for the Meeting the Shared Challenge support programme, is now available from the NHS Health Scotland website www.healthscotland.com/uploads/documents/9519-HSC0023%20Engage3_WEB.PDF
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Issue 2 of Engage now available
Issue Two of Engage (PDF, 624 kb), the magazine for the Meeting the Shared Challenge support programme, is now available from the Health Scotland website The magazine highlights the work of this national capacity building programme for community-led health improvement.
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Issue 46 of Fare Choice now available
Issue 46 of Fare Choice is now available to download from the Our Newsletters section of the Publications Library.
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New CFHS report – study tours to Aberdeen and Edinburgh
In September 2008, we ran two tours to organisations in Aberdeen and Edinburgh delivering services for people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness and operating as social enterprises. A short report on the study tours is now available to download from the Conferences and Networking section of the Publications Library.
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Getting Down to Business – new CFHS report
The report and evaluation of the Getting Down to Business seminars, which offered participants in Edinburgh and Inverness the opportuniity to find out more about becoming a social enterprise, is now available to download from the Business and Project Development section of the Publications Library.
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The Missing Ingredients
On Thursday 25 June, CFHS co-hosted this event in Edinburgh, looking at what we are learning and what we need to do about food, health and homelessness in Scotland. 70 people attended from a wide range of organisations working with people affected by homeless, Local Authorities, Health Boards, Scottish Government and the Care Commission. A …