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Fire Starter Festival

Last week saw the launch of 2018's Fire Starter Festival, a two week event celebrating all the innovative ways we can transform our communities, organisations and ourselves. We went along ...

A Healthier Future – Action, ambitions on diet, activity and healthy weight – What about Older People?

Consultation of the Scottish Government’s Healthier Future document closes on the 31st January 2018. The document proposes a range of actions to improve diet and weight in Scotland including restrictions ...

How can the Scottish Government best tackle social isolation and loneliness?

Last week the Minister for Social Security, Jeane Freeman, launched the Scottish Government's draft strategy to tackle social isolation and loneliness. You can access the consultation document here. The document is a ...

How can we help the 1.3 million older people in the UK who are suffering from hunger?

Today on BBC Breakfast there was a feature on a new parliamentary report showing that 1.3 million older people suffer from hunger in the UK. Although these figures are shocking, ...

Rainbow Families on Film

On Friday, we launched our new Families Mental Health and Wellbeing Resources at our Rainbow Families on Film event. We worked with Rainbow Families and Scottish Queer International Film Festival ...

New Families Mental Health and Wellbeing Resources!

We are very happy to announce the arrival of our new Mental Health and Wellbeing Resources for families. Developed as part of our Families Supporting Families project, we spoke to ...