Upcoming Events
November 2018
This year the conference will be thinking about what health as a fundamental right of every human being means in Scotland today. Deadline for abstract submissions is 1 June. Delegate registration opens in August.
Find out more »Save the date for this annual event, which has the theme of culture, arts and health. More information available in May.
Find out more »December 2018
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.
Find out more »January 2019
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.
Find out more »February 2019
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 in practice to local organisations.
Find out more »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 training sessions over two days.
Find out more »March 2019
Share good practice and meet therapeutic gardeners from across the UK.
Find out more »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.
Find out more »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.
Find out more »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 of food poverty is becoming more prevalent. A new briefing by NHS Health Scotland details the impact that food poverty can have on both physical and psychological …
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