Health and wellbeing
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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).
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.
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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:
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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