Health and wellbeing

National Rural Mental Health Forum

Next online National Rural Mental Health Forum shall hear about the The Skills for Life programmes – experiences of promoting children’s mental health and resilience in Dumfries and Galloway Primary Schools plus Scottish Government’s Supporting Mentally Healthy Workplaces programme, where you will learn about the employer platform, which signposts employers to a wide range of free mental health and wellbeing resources and information. A really valuable session.

The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) have announced details of their annual Gathering event for 2025.

The event will take place on 4 and 5 February at the EICC in Edinburgh and will be Scotland's biggest celebration of the voluntary sector.

Give Wellbeing a Sporting Chance

Over the winter we will talk to Scottish and International sports professionals who started their career in farming or crofting, and continue to keep their foot firmly on the ground.

Farmstrong Scotland explore what it takes to stay focused on the pitch and on the track, and how they prioritise their wellbeing for the benefit of their sport as well as their own health.

The National Centre for Remote & Rural Health & Care is delivering a series of online remote and rural learning events available from October 2024. 

A year ago this month the National Centre for Remote and Rural Health and Care became operational. Announced as part of planned investment in improving primary care and community services in Scotland, via Scottish Government’s 2023 Programme for Government, it marked a renewed focus on reducing remote, rural and island health and wellbeing inequalities.

RGPAS Annual Conference #RGPAS24

Rural GPs Association of Scotland (RGPAS) is a small, voluntary organisation managed by and for Remote and Rural GPs in Scotland. RGPAS proudly achieved charity status in January 2024. Each year, their main focus is to hold an annual conference which serves to bring together our unique community to share and foster passion for rural medicine.

More families across Scotland will get access to the help they need, where and when they need it - as local projects receive a funding boost from the Scottish Government.

Grants of up to £80,000 have been awarded to 12 projects undertaking a range of work, including:

Strathnaver Museum and North Sutherland Community Forest Trust (NWSFT) proved they were shipshape last Saturday (28 September) as north Sutherland’s new community boat took to the sea.

Farmstrong Scotland have launched a survey to get a broader picture of the effects that the farming and crofting sectors are having on wellbeing, and the ways people deal with these.

They have partnered with Scotinform - a Scottish independent market researcher - to carry out this research.

Better Wellbeing, Better Business – Lothian

 

Hear from others within the industry about the positive business impacts they’ve seen after taking steps to improve their own welfare. Afterwards there will be discussion of a number of practical ways you can start making a change, as well as an introduction to different tools that are available to help you live well while farming and crofting.

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