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This account is now inactive - please follow @SCDC_Org for future CHEX news and info.🗞️ SCDC's social media gives you the latest on all our programmes of work - search 'Scottish Community Development Centre' on Facebook and LinkedIn to find us there too! 🔍

We will be closing down this account over the holiday - follow @SCDC_Org for future CHEX news and info.🗞️📰 SCDC's social media gives you the latest on all our programmes of work - search 'Scottish Community Development Centre' on Facebook and LinkedIn to find us there too!🔍

Thanks to @ScottishMCN for all the brilliant work they do on the ground 🥰 We are excited about working together to promote and facilitate this innovative community-led health approach! Check out this guest blog from Sarah on their website: meetingcentres.scot/guest-post-fro…

📢Our fourth and final Masterclass in this Webinar series is now live on our website! 🤝Click on the link below to hear all about Place and Wellbeing Assessments and how you can integrate them into your own place-based decision making ✅bit.ly/4dtXqeu

February 2025 dates for our Health Issues in the Community tutor training! 📣 The tutor course equips you to deliver the HIIC course and empower people to address health issues and more in their communities, using community development approaches. hiic.org.uk/becoming-a-tut…

Blog: Sarah Boath reflects on the challenging funding landscape and the need to think of health & wellbeing services not as short-term projects to fund with money in a siloed budget, but as a long-term investment of resources, time, skill and commitment. chex.org.uk/latest/article…

It's #SelfCareWeek and @SelfCareForum are encouraging everyone to care for their mind and body, something essential for good self management. Head over to @SelfCareForum's page to find out more about what's happening this week and how to join in.

In order to effectively resource our sector, thought needs to be given to how to increase the overall pot of funding at a national level. Ultimately, this comes back to how we think about public services and the kind of society we want to live in. chex.org.uk/latest/article…

Our new suite of training is specifically designed to support public bodies and partnerships to support community priorities and aspirations. The training gives staff valuable new knowledge and skills - and the confidence to apply them in their work. scdc.org.uk/training/publi…

We're nearly there! Next week is #CoProWeekScot and there's lots of exciting things happening - events, new blogs and resources and the launch of the Co-production Guide 🥳 coproductionscotland.org.uk/coproduction-w…

Let’s consider the concept of food insecurity in Scotland, focusing on the ‘Cash First’ approach. This considers strategies for integrating sustainability into food security efforts & consider best practices & successful initiatives already in place. foodaidnetwork.org.uk/why-cash-first

Voices from across the sector have called for proposed cuts to community organisations in Edinburgh to be halted, and for further engagement to take place to better understand the impact this decision could have. scdc.org.uk/news/article/2…

Event: Join the CHEX team for their first community-led health ideas clinic on 5th December! An ideas clinic is an online, informal, peer learning event where people can share experiences, discuss new ideas and tricky problems and get support and advice. chex.org.uk/latest/article…

#WEAREVITAL Third sector organisations, community groups and link workers are at the heart of prevention and reducing health inequalities in our society.

By joining our Board, you can hone your problem solving and leadership skills, expand your networks across sectors, enhance your knowledge, and be part of building stronger communities across Scotland. Sound interesting? You have until Friday to apply! scdc.org.uk/recruitment

It was fantastic to see Sarah Boath from @chex_org and the @scdc_org at the Voluntary Health Scotland Annual Conference this week. A huge thank you to Sarah for her amazing support of #BefriendingWeek! befriending.co.uk/befriending-we… @VHSComms

With 47% of disabled people reporting they were struggling with food and energy bills – a much higher rate than non-disabled people – it is more urgent than ever that disabled people's rights are upheld. #DisabledPeopleDemandJustice scdc.org.uk/news/article/2…

November sees the first UK Health Equity Network event in Scotland - and places are in demand so book fast! 👇 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Disability Equality Scotland, Glasgow Disability Alliance, Inclusion Scotland and many more across Scotland are joining together for a fortnight of action to demand justice and deliver equality for disabled people. #DisabledPeopleDemandJustice gda.scot/2024/10/22/dis…

It's #ChallengePoverty #CPW24 week. Together, we can Challenge Poverty.