Health and wellbeing

A call for views has been made by Health, Social Care and Sport Committee for the ‘Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill’.

National Rural Mental Health Forum

This summer, Change Mental Health want to re-engage with their members and find new people to join. They want to know more about what their members want from the movement so they can re-energise their activity.

Don't underestimate the power of a walk and talk

 

Hosted by farmers and crofters across Scotland, a new series of events will take place this summer, run by wellbeing programme Farmstrong Scotland.

NFU Scotland Diversity Discussion Open Meeting - Argyll

NFU Scotland Diversity Discussion Open Meeting - Argyll

NFU Scotland is embarking on research to explore how a wider cross-section of people from across Scotland can get involved with the union and it’s work.

To help share learning and inspire community organisations, Scottish Rural Network have published a trio of video case studies focusing on rural and island community resources and spaces.

Walk & Talk at Scalpsie Farm, Bute

Farmstrong are holding a Farm Walk & Talk this coming Wednesday, June 12th,  thanks to Ian Dickson who runs Scalpsie Farm on Bute.

Starting with lunch at the Kingarth Hotel at noon, the farm tour will follow, and finish up with a talk from Michael Blanche.

An optional extra, is to bring your togs and a towel for a touch of wild swimming at Scalpsie Beach!

A Perthshire farm manager is preparing to undertake an extraordinary 5,000-mile expedition from the rugged terrain of Highland Scotland to the vast expanse of the Sahara Desert to raise funds for agricultural charity, RSABI and Eden Valley Hospice.

How do you think research about mental health and wellbeing in rural areas should be done? What should the priorities be? How should communities be involved in this process? And what would make it feel fair, meaningful and relevant? 

The Place Standard Tool (PST) & Community Safety - Information Session

In March, Public Health Scotland (PHS) and the Scottish Community Safety Network (SCSN) co-hosted their first in-person, introduction workshop in Glasgow.

The session explained what the Place Standard Tool (PST) is – and why and how it was designed – and how it might be adapted, to better engage citizens and communities concerned with community safety.

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