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  • Scotland’s Food Strategy

    Unnamed Venue Edinburgh

    Edinburgh Community Food and Community Food and Health (Scotland) will both be presenting at this forthcoming Holyrood conference.  Community groups and voluntary organisations can use a discount code (SFS13) to get a 40% reduction on the lower rate delegate fee.

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  • CFHS annual event

    CoSLA conference centre Edinburgh

    We are in the early stages of planning this year's event.  More information will be available here soon.

    Free

  • Children in Scotland annual conference 2013: Every child, Every childhood

    Unnamed Venue Paisley

    Conference themes and questions include: The Children and Young People’s Bill: towards implementation Engaging and answering to children and young people Universal services: maintaining a safety net in times of austerity The joined up approach to tackling inequality Doing what works: evidence based policy and practice, measuring and learning from the right outcomes Service integration …

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  • Building a movement:

    The Albany Centre 44 Ashley Street, Glasgow

    A skill share and networking day for local campaign groups in Scotland.

    Free

  • Growing Together

    SRUC Oatridge Campus Ecclesmachan, Broxburn

    This event, organised by CFHS, the Federation of City Farms and Community Gardens and the Food and Health Alliance will give community growers, community retailers and Food and Health Alliance members an opportunity to find out more about each other and the work that they do and explore possibilities of working more closely together. To book …

    Free

  • Community Empowerment (Scotland) Bill event

    Southside Community Centre 117 Nicolson Street, Edinburgh

    CDAS and SCDC are jointly organising an event on 12th December in Edinburgh around the Scottish Government's draft Community Empowerment (Scotland) Bill.

  • Burns Night with a twist

    Scottish Cafe Scottish National Gallery, The Mound, Edinburgh

    By popular demand, the Soil Association is hosting this organic Burns Supper, using the best Scottish local and seasonal produce, with journalist Alex Renton, and the newly appointed Chair of Soil Association Council, Denis Overton. 

    £25 – £30

  • The Gathering – A fairer, healthier Scotland: a way forward together

    The Gathering Lomond Suite, SECC, Glasgow

    An event brought to you in partnership by NHS Health Scotland, Community Food and Health Scotland, CHEX and Voluntary Health Scotland.  We would like to encourage people to attend from community and voluntary sector organisations, Health Boards and other public services. This free half-day conference offers the opportunity to examine collaborative approaches for preventing and …

    Free

  • Mental Health and Wellbeing in Later Life

    Hampden Park Glasgow

    NHS Scotland in partnership with Age Scotland, Mental Health Foundation, the Alliance, Carers Scotland, and Carers Trust Scotland are jointly hosting this event. The event is free but places are limited.

    Free

  • Second helpings

    Discovery Point Discovery Quay, Dundee, United Kingdom

    A CFHS national learning exchange on food, mental health and wellbeing Plans are underway for this national learning exchange on community food work and how it can support mental health and wellbeing. It will be an opportunity catch up on progress since our last event, Mind the Menu in 2012, specifically work on self- evaluation …

    Free

  • Trellis Conference

    Perth Concert Hall Perth, United Kingdom

    The Trellis Annual Networking Conference provides:- professional input from delegates, workshop presenters and keynote speakers- networking opportunities - with over 100 delegates attending annually its easy to find many like- minded professionals and new perspectives- project showcases, an opportunity to 'show of' your project- training workshops, topics ranging from horticulture to therapeutic gardening and more...- opportunities to survey opinion …

  • NHS Health Scotland Children and Young People’s Mental Health and Wellbeing Event

    Murrayfield Stadium Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    This event is aimed at those with an interest in supporting improvement in children and young people's mental health and reducing inequalities which impact on their mental health.The event will combine presentations with workshops, leading to opportunities for discussion and debate.

    Free

  • Nourishing the city: the rise of the urban food question

    St Andrews in the Square 1 St Andrews Square, Glasgow

    Glasgow Centre for Population Health seminar series lecture featuring Prof Kevin Morgan, Dean of Engagement, Professor of Governance and Development, School of Planning and Geography at the University of Cardiff.

  • CHEX annual conference

    Townhead Village Hall Glasgow

    The conference will aim to encourage communities to take action to address the health inequality issues that are important to them. With an emphasis on discussion and information exchange, organisations involved in community-led health initiatives will be warmly invited to attend and share ideas, good practice and inspirations. 

    Free

  • Better eating, better learning

    Unnamed Venue Glasgow

    Children in Scotland annual conference focusing on food provision in schools over the next decade.

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  • Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland Annual Conference

    Pollok Halls 18 Holyrood Park Road, Edinburgh

    The ALLIANCE and partners, The Joint Improvement Team and NHS Health Scotland, invite you to join their 2014 Annual Conference: Scotland - Small country, big ideas - imagining our future .. The event is aimed at all those with an interest in shaping Scotland’s health and social care, including: people who access support/services, unpaid carers, third sector, …

    £50 – £200

  • Eating well for older people and older people with dementia

    Hilton Glasgow Grosvenor Hote1 1-9 Grosvenor Terrace, Glasgow

    Half day training course, of interest to all staff and managers caring for the elderly who are involved in the preparation and provision of food.

    £97.00

  • Food safety and nutrition live

    Hilton Glasgow Grosvenor Hote1 1-9 Grosvenor Terrace, Glasgow

    An event for professionals involved in the preparation and provision of food.

  • Social connections and health across the lifecourse

    Teviot Lecture Theatre Medical School, Teviot Place, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh

    A seminar and discussion hosted by the Scottish Collaboration for Public Health Research and Policy (SCPHRP) Working Groups, University of Edinburgh

    Free

  • Health benefits from healthcare settings

    Battleby Conference Centre Battleby

    Joint event from Scottish Natural Heritage, NHS Health Scotland, and the Forestry Commission on building stronger partnerships between health and social care and the third sector.

    Free

  • Maternal and infant nutrition framework: supporting a Healthy Start

    Albert Halls Dumbarton Road, Stirling

    A CFHS opportunity for people to network and to share information, learning and news around Healthy Start issues.  The event will have a focus on community activity in relation to Healthy Start and maternal and infant nutrition.

  • Learning to EATS seminar

    Church of Scotland Parish Hall Cupar Road, Newburgh, United Kingdom

    This free seminar will explain the growing and harvesting of fruit and vegetables in public spaces for community benefit.  EATS (Edible and Tasty Spaces) is a project managed by Fife Council,Leisure & Cultural Services

    Free

  • Community is the answer: celebrating our common wealth

    Unnamed Venue Glasgow

    Organised by the International Association of Community Development (IACD), the University of Glasgow and the Community Learning and Development (CLD) Standards Council for Scotland. Community is the answer will showcase community-based solutions from Scotland and around the world. It will allow community members, activists, practitioners, researchers and policymakers to come together and examine what actually matters …

  • CFHS community cafe networking event

    STUC building 333 Woodlands Road, Glasgow

    The event will include opportunities to: -  find out about Edinburgh Community Cafes network and how it benefits cafe     members -  find out about the healthyliving award and its benefits -  meet other community cafes. This free event is open to anyone working in, managing, or supporting a community cafe.

    Free

  • CFHS annual networking conference

    Grand Central Hotel Glasgow

    Our conference will be an opportunity for people to come together, learn from each other and share experience, evidence, hopes and concerns on all aspects of food, inequality and social justice. A full programme will become available when registration opens in late August/early September 2014.

    Free

  • Creating better health and wellbeing: community organisations and researchers learning together

    St Mungos Museum Glasgow

    This one-day networking and learning event organised by members of the Adult Life/Working Age Working Group at the Scottish Collaboration for Public Health Research and Policy aims to help bring academic researchers and community projects together to discuss methods and experiences of improving health and wellbeing and reducing health inequalities in Scotland.

    Free

  • Becoming a good food nation consultation events

    University of Edinburgh David Hume Tower, Edinburgh

    Nourish Scotland is holding this series of free consultation events across Scotland, beginning in Edinburgh, to share ideas about, debate and influence the Scottish Government’s proposals to improve how food works in Scotland.

  • Becoming a Good Food Nation discussion workshop

    200 St Vincent Stret Glasgow

    Ghe discussion document, Becoming a Good Food Nation, was launched in June and the consultation is open until the 17 October 2014.  This free workshop will provide participants with an opportunity to reflect on the document, hear different points of view from people across the food chain and to inform and inspire their response to the consultation. A reflection document …

    Free

  • Food as a tool

    Unnamed Venue Edinburgh

    An event highlighting tried and tested tools and techniques to bring food activity to community settings.  This event is aimed at people working in or with the community sector who want to develop ideas and skills to help integrate food into their projects. The Federation of City Farms and Community Gardens working in partnership with …

  • Our Common Wealth of Food

    Glasgow Royal Concert Hall

    Nourish Scotland two-day event that brings together farmers from across the Commonwealth to look at shared approach to food

  • Consultation Event: Town Centres & Community Development and Engagement – Dundee

    Dundee City Chambers Dundee

    Working jointly with Scottish Community Development Centre (SCDC), Scotland's Towns Partnership is delivering a scoping exercise to unpick a number of issues such as: what role do local partnerships see communities playing in local town partnerships; what kind of "communities" are town/town centre partnerships serving; are communities already involved in some partnerships - if so, …

  • Orchard Gathering 2014

    Victoria Halls Dunblane

    An open event calling people together from across Scotland who are passionate about orchard trees, their fruit (and nuts) and strengthening the culture, knowledge and skills of keeping them. A collaborative event hosted by Fife Diet, Orchard Research and Enterprise, and Forth Environment link.

    £5

  • Ageing Well in Scotland

    Unnamed Venue Edinburgh

    Holyrood magazine’s 2015 Older People’s conference recognises the positive contribution older people make to Scotland.  It will focus on how older people can be empowered and provided with the choice and opportunity to engage with Scotland’s communities in their own terms.

    £125 – £175

  • The politics of food and nutrition

    The Assembly Room Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Innovation, Ediburgh, United Kingdom

    This seminar will bring together academics, policy-makers and civil society organizations to discuss and examine the multiple socio-economic, environmental and health-related dimensions of food and nutrition.

    Free

  • The Gathering

    SECC Glasgow , United Kingdom

    The Gathering is Scotland’s largest conference and exhibition for charities, social enterprises and voluntary organisations.

    Free

  • Trellis Scotland annual conference

    The Bield at Blackruthven Blackruthven House, Perth

    A day full of training workshops, fellow gardeners presenting their projects, photos and crafts exhibition and a garden tour.

    £40 – £50

  • Evaluating food interventions and their impact on health outcomes

    University of Glasgow Social and Public Health Sciences UNit, Glasgow

    The Scottish Colloquium on Food and Feeding with the British Sociological Society Food Group are hosting this mini-symposium at the University of Glasgow.  The event includes three presentations from leading academics in the area of dietary change (Professor Annie Anderson, Professor Laurence Moore and Dr Sharon Simpson. They will discuss theory-based intervention design, real world …

    Free

  • Community Food Practices’ Impact on Health Inequalities

    University of Strathclyde Collins Building, Glasgow

    The aim of this event is to bring key stakeholder groups such as the numerous community social enterprises working together to improve diet and health outcomes within disadvantaged communities. The event will consider the barriers to a healthy diet, and social enterprise approaches to reducing these barriers.  Expected outcomes will be: shared learning, a good, …

  • 4th National Co-production Conference

    Glasgow Royal Concert Hall Glasgow, United Kingdom

    This free conference will be brimming over with activities, work sessions, training opportunities, discussions and debates, with the aim of bringing together all we know about co-production in Scotland.  The organisers are particularly keen for the conference to hear from groups of people with lived experience of co-production, and invite you to get in touch …

    Free

  • National Maternal and Early Years Conference

    Murrayfield Stadium Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    The theme of the 2015 Conference is ‘The Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014’ (C&YP Act) with a sub theme of working in collaboration to accelerate existing work and progress action in delivery. The programme will have a strong emphasis on third sector partnerships. The programme includes plenary presentations from NHS Health Scotland, Scottish …

  • CFHS community café event

    Undercroft Cafe George Street, Edinburgh

    Anyone managing, working in or supporting a community café is welcome to apply for a place. We are also looking to facilitate community café learning visits – if you would like to participate or showcase your café please let us know.

    Free

  • Tackling Childhood Obesity in Scotland

    Unnamed Venue Glasgow

    This Holyrood event will bring together experts in nutrition, healthcare, education, transport and industry to review the progress on implementing the Prevention of Obesity Route Map and to consider what more can and needs to be done to create a less obesogenic environment for children in Scotland.

    £149 – £199

  • NHSScotland Event 2015

    SECC Glasgow , United Kingdom

    This year's theme is Leading Integration for Quality.

  • Living in the Gap seminar

    Albany Centre Glasgow, United Kingdom

    Voluntary Health Scotland (VHS) is running this free half day seminar in partnership with GCVS. VHS launched its ‘Living in the Gap: a voluntary health sector perspective on health inequalities in Scotland’ earlier this year. This seminar will discuss the report findings and the wider issues of health inequalities in Scotland. It will also discuss …

    Free

  • Challenge poverty week

    The Poverty Alliance - Scotland - Working together to combat poverty There are four aims for the week: to bring to public attention the reality of poverty in Scotland; to the show the impact of poverty on individuals and communities and to address the sterotypes that exist about poverty; to highlight what is being done …

  • CFHS annual networking conference

    Perth Concert Hall Perth, United Kingdom

    Registration is now open for our annual networking conference to be held at Perth Concert Hall on 28 October 2015. A one-day event where people can learn and discuss national activity and local practice with people from all over Scotland. An opportunity for people to come together, learn from each other and share experience, evidence, hopes …

    Free

  • Children in Scotland annual conference 2015

    Unnamed Venue Glasgow

    This event will examine and discuss how we can work together across the sector to help shape the best possible future for all children, young people and their families in Scotland. In partnership with Social Work Scotland and Glasgow City Council.

    £247.50

  • ‘Food Poverty and Social Justice: What next for Scotland?’

    Glasgow Royal Concert Hall Glasgow, United Kingdom

    The Poverty Alliance is hosting a national conference in Glasgow on 10th December 2015. The aim of the event is to reflect on the learning and discussion from regional events over the year, and also to bring together and hear from others who have been involved in developing responses to food poverty and the growth …

    Free

  • Introduction to Fundraising

    TVC Scotland The Granary, Morton Hall, 44 Mortonhall Gate, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    This course aims to help you turn your community development ideas into effective funding applications. It will introduce beginners to the basics of fundraising and help those who are more experienced with further advise, support and inspiration.

    Free

  • The Gathering 2016

    SECC Glasgow , United Kingdom

    The Gathering is a free annual event organised by the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO). It’s a place for people from the third sector to network, showcase their work and learn from each other.

    Free

  • People Power: Creating the Conditions for Change

    Perth Concert Hall Perth, United Kingdom

    An interactive event to celebrate the achievements of the Alliance's People Powered Health and Wellbeing programme and to demonstrate how everyone has the power to create the conditions for change.

  • Care of Older People in Scotland: 4th Annual Conference

    Edinburgh Corn Exchange 11 Newmarket Road, Edinburgh

    The conference will explore the challenge of meeting the needs of Scotland's older people and delivering greater consistency and equality across Scotland. It will discuss the long-term preventative approach to good health for older people in parallel with delivering immediate care needs in order to ensure that meeting future health and care demand does not …

    £120 – £270

  • Trellis Annual Conference 2016

    The Bield at Blackruthven Blackruthven House, Perth

    Trellis 10th annual conference, with workshops, stalls, networking and showcasing therapeutic gardening in Scotland and abroad.

    £45 – £55

  • Voluntary Health Scotland annual conference and AGM

    The Roxburgh 38 Charlotte Square , Edinburgh , United Kingdom

    The conference will consider compelling evidence about the impact of social isolation and loneliness on mental and physical health and the part the third sector plays in preventing and addressing this.  

  • Declaration festival

    Summerhall Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    Declaration – now in its second year - is programmed by the Mental Health Foundation, (creators of the Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival), with the Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland (the ALLIANCE), NHS Health Scotland, NHS Lothian, and the University of Strathclyde. These organisations have joined forces as part of Scotland’s National …

  • International School Meals Day

    Children and young people (supported by their teachers or other adults)  are being encouraged to share ‘stories’ about their culture, heritage and associated food. This could be family food traditions, food that is loved (or not) in their country or festivals, ceremonies and celebrations that take place. Photographs, blogs, videos or vines, songs, poems, stories and recipes are all welcome …

  • RCPE symposium: Public Health in a Changing World

    Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh 9 Queen Street, Edinburgh

    This symposium is of interest to all practising or studying public or global health, infectious disease and respiratory physicians, as well as general physicians and other healthcare workers who want to learn the latest in exotic communicable diseases as well as look upstream at determinants of health.

  • Food and wellbeing

    This conference is being organised by Children in Scotland in response to a major social issue: the role of food - including food poverty - and its links with wellbeing, learning and attainment within the context of GIRFEC. Delegates can expect to hear updates regarding food laws and policy initiatives, as well as finding out …

    £89

  • Social in the garden

    Ross Open Air Theatre 104 Princes Street, Edinburgh

    Two day social enterprise fair from Edinburgh Social Enterprise.

  • Getting started: Outcomes and Indicators

    royal pharmaceutical society Holyrood Park House, 106 Holyrood Park House, Edinburgh

    Evaluation Support Scotland workshop for staff and volunteers in third sector organisations who are writing an application for a new project and want to write meaningful outcomes.

    £111

  • School Food and Feeding the Mind: Opportunity, Encouragement and Education

    Scottish Arbitration Centre 125 Princes Street, Edinburgh

    Holyrood's School Food and Feeding the Mind event will provide a platform for debate and discussion around the importance and priorities of school food provision and the wider importance of food education.

    £145 – £295

  • Fife Networking Event in association with FCFCG and Trellis AGM

    The Ecology Centre Kinghorn Loch, Kinghorn

    Join Trellis and the FCFCG at the Ecology Centre, meet others interested in therapeutic  and community gardening to share insights, skills and good practice through discussion, networking and garden tour of the Ecology Centre Garden in the beautiful setting of Kinghorn Loch. This event is suitable for anyone wishing to /already supporting people to garden …

    £5

  • PHINS 2017 Annual Seminar

    Glasgow Royal Concert Hall Glasgow, United Kingdom

    As before, this event is free of charge. However, spaces are limited and will be allocated on a first come, first served basis.

    Free

  • CFHS annual networking conference 2017

    200 St Vincent Street Glasgow

    Sharing patter Tasty presentations, lots of table talk, and plenty to take away from the popular annual networking event for volunteers, practitioners, planners and academics addressing issues around food, health and inequalities.

    Free

  • CFHS Scottish Borders community cafe network meeting

    Old Gala House 8 Scott Crescent, Galashiels

    Two new area-wide community cafe networks are being set up, in Scottish Borders and Glasgow. Meetings in both areas are being held in the next few weeks to discuss the next steps. Please contact anne.gibson5@nhs.net if you would like to take part, or would like more info  

    Free

  • CFHS Glasgow community cafe network meeting

    Spoon Cafe 46 Trongate, Glasgow

    Two new area-wide community cafe networks are being set up, in Scottish Borders and Glasgow. Meetings in both areas are being held in the next few weeks to discuss the next steps. Please contact anne.gibson5@nhs.net if you would like to take part, or would like more information.  

    Free

  • Tackling food insecurity in Lanarkshire: what can we learn from the Food Poverty Renewal Gateway

    GLO Centre 78 Muir Street, Motherwell

    First networking event from A Menu for Change. North Lanarkshire Council has responded to the increasing numbers of people turning to food banks by launching the Food Poverty Referral Gateway to ensure people get their full entitlement to crisis grants from the Scottish Welfare Fund before they turn to food banks for help. This workshop …

    Free

  • Community Food Social Enterprise Network/community retailers ‘sharing good practice’ sessions – save the date

    TBC

    CFHS, Senscot and Partnership for Procurement are running two sessions on for community food social enterprises and community retailers.  The morning session will discuss issues currently being experienced by Community Food social enterprises and agree future actions/supports in relation to sustainability and growth (funding, collaboration and enterprise ). The afternoon will be a ‘sharing good practice’ session for community …

    Free

  • Trellis annual conference 2018

    The Bield at Blackruthven Blackruthven House, Perth

    Celebrate therapeutic gardening and Trellis’ 12th Conference With even more workshops, stalls, networking and showcasing of therapeutic gardening in Scotland.

    £47 – £57

  • Community cooking skills – CFHS evidence and networking event

    The Studio Hope Street, Glasgow

    Come and hear about the evidence of the impact of cooking skills courses, including: Professor Martin Caraher, City, University of London. What evidence do we have of the impact of community cooking skills courses? The results of a CFHS evaluation of 29 community cooking skills courses. Dr Ada Garcia, University of Glasgow. Results from the …

    Free

  • 2018 conference on food and poverty

    Kings College, London Strand Campus, London, United Kingdom

    In April 2018, the first-ever national research conference on household food insecurity in the UK will be hosted by Drs Rachel Loopstra and Hannah Lambie-Mumford  at King’s College London, bringing together leading researchers and third-sector organisations to share research on this important issue.  

    £30 – £60

  • Development, democracy and dark matter

    The Studio Hope Street, Glasgow

    The annual Community Development Alliance Scotland Conference. A day to reflect and speculate on the creative potential energy released by the Community Empowerment Act in local communities across Scotland; and space to look ahead at what broader participative democracy horizons might be explored via the Local Governance Review.

    Free – £50

  • 1st World Congress on Migration, Ethnicity, Race and Health

    The Exchange 150 Morrison Street, Edinburgh

    Confer with the world’s most important organisations and individuals working on healthcare equity and human rights in relation to ethnic and racial minority health, and the health and health care of recent migrants

    £375 – £500

  • Best Start Foods: making the most of Healthy Start reform

    Mansfield Traquair Centre 15 Mansfield Place, Edinburgh

    Join Nourish Scotland and Voluntary Health Scotland at this event to discuss how the reform of the Scottish Government Healthy Start scheme into Best Start Foods can best benefit low-income families. The organisers are particularly keen to hear from individuals and community groups that have experience of Healthy Start vouchers, (using them as individuals or …

    Free

  • The ALLIANCE annual conference and AGM 2018

    Radisson Blu Hotel Glasgow

    The ALLIANCE’s annual conference provides the leading focal point for health and social care integration in Scotland.  The 2018 event will focus on Action and will showcase people and organisations working on innovative, engaging and co-produced projects that aim to improve outcomes for people who access and deliver support and services in Scotland.

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  • The Power of Food Festival

    throughout Edinburgh Edinburgh

    Registration is now open for community food gardens and external contributors wanting to take part. The Festival is a weekend event when community food gardens in and around Edinburgh throw their gates open and invite the general public to come and explore, hear their stories, be inspired and entertained.

  • Human rights and community development conference

    Glasgow

    Delivered jointly by the Scottish Human Rights Commission, Edinburgh Tenants Federation and the Scottish Community Development Centre, this one-day conference will: Bring people together to share ideas and practice from Scotland and beyond. Explore what skills, tools and resources are required to support this approach. Registration will be available soon. In the meantime, save the date in your diary …

  • Scottish fundraising conference 2018

    Double Tree by Hilton Glasgow Central Cambridge Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom

    Must attend event for all fundraisers in Scotland. Early bird tickets on sale until 2 July.

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  • Next steps for tackling obesity in Scotland

    central Edinburgh Edinburgh

    This event will examine the future policy actions required to tackle Scotland’s obesity problem, following the conclusion of ‘A Healthier Future – Action, Ambitions on Diet, Activity and Healthy Weight’ consultation, and looking ahead to the imminent Scottish Government strategy.

    £145 – £295

  • VHS annual conference and AGM

    John McIntytre Conference Centre Edinburgh First, 18 Holyrood Park Road, Edinburgh

    Save the date for this annual event, which has the theme of culture, arts and health. More information available in May.

  • Food Education in Scotland and beyond

    Central Edinburgh tbc

    In June 2018, the Scottish Government launched a consultation into the nutritional requirements for food and drink in schools. This event will examine priorities for the consultation and scrutinise the role of schools in shaping and informing the relationship our children and young people have with food.

    £145 – £295

  • People, place and power

    University of Dundee Dalhousie Building, Dundee

    World Community Development Conference 2019. Jointly organised by the International Association for Community Development (IACD), the Scottish Government, the Community Learning and Development team at the University of Dundee, Dundee City Council, and Leisure and Culture Dundee, supported by Dundee and Angus Convention Bureau.

    £260 – £400

  • Rights into Reality: Human rights and community-led health conference

    The Studio Hope Street, Glasgow

    Join the CHEX team to explore how community-led health organisations can use human rights in their work improving health, addressing inequalities and making a difference to communities across Scotland. This FREE conference is a chance to meet and share experience with other community-led health organisations, and to discuss what taking a human rights approach means …

    Free

  • The Gathering 2019

    SECC Glasgow , United Kingdom

    Organised every year by SCVO, The Gathering is the largest free third sector event in the UK, a place for all the people working in the sector to network, showcase what they do and learn from each other. With a bustling marketplace with over 100 exhibitors, and a packed programme featuring more than 70 workshops, seminars and …

    Free

  • Trellis annual conference

    The Bield at Blackruthven Blackruthven House, Perth

    Share good practice and meet therapeutic gardeners from across the UK.

    £57 – £67

  • Valuing and sustaining volunteering in health conference

    The Studio Hope Street, Glasgow

    This full-day conference from Voluntary Health Scotland will explore good practice in volunteering where it is delivered by NHS and third sector working together. The focus will be primarily on volunteering in NHS settings, in particular hospitals.  

    Free

  • Biting back: Transforming food experiences for Scotland’s children

    Edinburgh

    This event, run in partnership by Children in Scotland and Queen Margaret University, will focus on the latest research, creative approaches and current projects aimed at improving food experiences, and the health and wellbeing of children and their families.

    £69 – £109

  • Tackling food poverty in Scotland

    central Edinburgh Edinburgh

    NHS Health Scotland defines food poverty as ‘the inability to acquire or consume an adequate or sufficient quality of food in socially acceptable ways, or the uncertainty that one will be able to do so’. With use of food banks increasing by 13% in the past six months compared to this time last year, the issue …

    £145 – £295

  • The Alliance Annual Conference 2019

    Radisson Blu Hotel Glasgow

    The 2019 Annual Conference theme from the Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland will be Impact: the 3rd Health and Social Care Integration event.

    Free – £150

  • Next Steps for Growing Scotland’s Social Enterprise Sector

    Central Edinburgh tbc

    Ahead of a Scottish Government census of the social enterprise sector, due to be carried out in Summer 2019, this Holyrood event will examine key challenges facing social enterprises and provide practical guidance on accessing funding and bidding for contracts.

    £145 – £295

  • Realising the right to health: VHS annual conference 2019

    Radisson Blu Hotel Glasgow

    This year’s annual Conference will explore the rights to health and what this means, and will be of relevance to  VHS members, other third sector organisations involved in health, health and social care partnerships, NHS boards, other public services and universities.

    Free – £68.88

  • Scottish Fundraising Conference 2019

    Double Tree by Hilton Glasgow Central Cambridge Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom

    The Scottish Fundraising Conference is an event for all fundraisers working in Scotland, and offers a once-a-year opportunity to share in the latest best practice, insights and successes of your fellow fundraisers.

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  • Food and nutrition education in Scotland conference

    Glasgow Marriot Hotel 500 Argyle Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom

    The first Food – a fact of life food and nutrition education in Scotland conference for primary and secondary teachers.

    £20

  • the Gathering 2020

    SECC Glasgow, United Kingdom

    The Gathering 2020 Scotland’s largest event for charities, social enterprises and voluntary organisations, will take place on Wednesday 19th & Thursday 20th February 2020 – it’s free and everyone’s welcome! Book a stand Book to attend