Health and wellbeing

New ways of Delivering Non–Statutory services

To undertake a familiarisation visit to Scotland with a view to looking at opportunities for implementing a social/green prescribing service similar to those currently being delivered in Scotland (Branching Out).

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On February 27 a special Scottish parliamentary reception is taking place to celebrate the achievements of the LEADER Programme.

'LEADER, Past, Present and Future' will bring together MSPs with LEADER programme staff and funding beneficiaries, with Minister for Rural Affairs and the Natural Environment Mairi Gougeon MSP set to make a keynote speech. 

Highlands & Islands Ecosystem for rural mental health and active healthy ageing

Healthy Ageing Challenge Overview: the £98 million ‘healthy ageing programme’ will drive the development of new products and services which will help people to live in their homes for longer, tackle loneliness and isolation, and increase independence, self-management and wellbeing.

Hear about the programme and how to get involved. Registration from 10.30.

Online access will be available for participants who are unable to join in person on the day.

Researchers are looking for your views about wellbeing, local issues and quality of life in Scottish communities.

Social scientists at the James Hutton Institute and Scotland's Rural College are carrying out an online survey as part of a drive to improve currently-available data and inform policy development and implementation. 

The survey covers the following topics:

A new Highlands and Islands Ecosystem for rural mental health and active ageing was launched in Inverness recently.

The event, organised by the Scottish Rural Health Partnership, took place at An Lochran on 26 November 2018 and gathered together people and organisations with interested in improving rural mental health and wellbeing and active ageing in the region.

The charity Paths for All has created a new award to encourage everyday walking in the workplace.

The Walk at Work Award will reward employers across Scotland who are encouraging their workforce to be more active. Active meetings, lunchtime walks, standing desks and promoting ways to get to work on foot will all count towards the award.

Highlands & Islands Ecosystem for rural mental health and active healthy ageing

The Scottish Rural Health Partnership (SRHP) and Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) have jointly accepted an invitation from the European Connected Health Alliance (ECHAlliance) to establish a new Ecosystem in the Highlands & Islands.

SRHP are really excited by this fantastic opportunity to create a new permanent mutually beneficial partnership for the Highlands & Islands which will focus on rural mental health and active healthy ageing with the dual aim of improving the delivery of rural health and social care services, and providing economic benefits.

Last week the Scottish Rural Network (SRN) hosted a visit from a group of 10 Danish Local Action Group (LAG) members from the Jammerbugt-Vesthimmerland region who wanted to visit LEADER funded projects in Scotland. They were specifically interested in the food development and sustainable growth fields and wanted an insight into projects that have been successful in this area, in particular any challenges they have faced/overcome and any learning or networking they could glean from this experience.

Evidence showing that being in nature is good for the body and soul has led to the launch of a new partnership to make the most of environmental assets in improving health in North and South Lanarkshire.  The Lanarkshire Green Health Partnership was launched on Monday 10th September at Clydesdale Community Initiatives (CCI).

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