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.
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.
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 …
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 …
Share good practice and meet therapeutic gardeners from across the UK.
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.
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.
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 …
The 2019 Annual Conference theme from the Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland will be Impact: the 3rd Health and Social Care Integration event.
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.
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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.
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.
The first Food – a fact of life food and nutrition education in Scotland conference for primary and secondary teachers.
This year the conference will focus on social justice and within that consider how to maximise prevention to improve health life expectancy across the whole population.
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
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