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June 05, 2025

Out and About: East Kilbride & Strathaven Community Learning and Development Local Action Planning Group

June 05, 2025/ Admin

CHEX was pleased to be asked along to present at the March 2025 East Kilbride & Strathaven Community Learning and Development Local Action Planning Group meeting in East Kilbride.

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June 05, 2025/ Admin/
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May 22, 2025

Out and About: Farmstrong Scotland

May 22, 2025/ Admin

Farmstrong Scotland is a new rural wellbeing programme for the farming and crofting sector.  Following their participation at the CHEX Ideas Clinic Sarah met their community engagement specialist, Clare, to find out more about their work.  

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May 22, 2025/ Admin/
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May 08, 2025

CHEX Influencing Policy & Practice – CPG on Volunteering 

May 08, 2025/ Admin

Earlier this year Sarah was invited by Volunteer Scotland to provide an input to the Cross-Party Group on volunteering on volunteering in an empowered community. 

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May 08, 2025/ Admin/
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April 10, 2025

. Turning knowledge into action: resources from the CHEX Conference 2025

April 10, 2025/ Admin

This year for our national conference our focus was turning knowledge and learning into action on the most pressing issues facing our communities.

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April 10, 2025/ Admin/
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April 02, 2025

Out and about: Deep End GPs Student Conference

April 02, 2025/ Admin

Sarah was recently invited to provide an input on CHEX and community development approaches to tackling health inequalities at a Conference held in February by the Glasgow University General Practice Society in Ferguslie Park, Paisley. 

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April 02, 2025/ Admin/
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March 25, 2025

CHEX Conference 2025: Knowledge into Action

March 25, 2025/ Admin

On 12th March, more than 80 people from across the CHEX network came together in Stirling to learn and reflect about their work supporting their communities and tackling Scotland's health inequalities.

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March 25, 2025/ Admin/
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February 27, 2025

Resources roundup!

February 27, 2025/ Admin

Our resource hub is a one-stop shop for useful materials, including explainers on key topics, helpful infographics, and signposts to relevant policy, research and online tools.

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February 27, 2025/ Admin/
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February 07, 2025

The outrage of austerity

February 07, 2025/ Admin

In this blog, David Walsh and Gerry McCartney discuss the disastrous effects that austerity policies have had on life expectancy - exacerbating health inequalities and causing many people in our most vulnerable communities to lead shorter, less healthy lives.

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February 07, 2025/ Admin/
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January 17, 2025

Disclosure Scotland publish consultation analysis report on fees discounts and waivers - what next?

January 17, 2025/ Admin

The report outlines key findings and is being used to inform the policy development on the future fees for Disclosure Scotland services.

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January 17, 2025/ Admin/
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December 20, 2024

CHEX ideas clinic in December - roundup and useful links

December 20, 2024/ Admin

It was great to see so many people at our first ideas clinic online event! We had some great discussion and useful information- sharing, as well as making a space for people to access peer support from others in our sector.

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December 20, 2024/ Admin/
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December 12, 2024

Out and about: Dundee Health and Wellbeing Networks

December 12, 2024/ Admin

Keeping up to date with what community led health organisations and practitioners are doing to improve people’s health and wellbeing is an important part of the job for the CHEX team. 

One way that we are doing this is linking in with local and regional health and wellbeing networks across the country.

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December 12, 2024/ Admin/
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November 27, 2024

Together, we can rebuild it

November 27, 2024/ Admin

In this blog, Sarah Boath, Head of Programme for CHEX reflects on the challenging funding landscape, discussing the need to think of health and wellbeing services not as short-term projects to fund with money in a budget, but as a long-term investment of resources, time, skill and commitment.

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November 27, 2024/ Admin/
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November 14, 2024

CHEX response: third sector funding principles call for evidence

November 14, 2024/ Admin

Fair and efficient funding and resourcing is an ongoing issue facing the community-led health sector and this policy response is part of the ongoing work of the CHEX team influencing policy in this area.

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November 14, 2024/ Admin/
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October 31, 2024

Join us for the first CHEX ideas clinic!

October 31, 2024/ Admin

We’re excited to announce that we’ll holding the first CHEX ideas clinic online event from 10am - 12pm on 5th December.

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October 31, 2024/ Admin/
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October 17, 2024

Out and about: LGBT Health and Wellbeing

October 17, 2024/ Admin

The CHEX team out and about: Sarah was in Edinburgh, meeting with Michelle from LGBT Health and Wellbeing at their offices in Leith.

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October 17, 2024/ Admin/
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October 04, 2024

Celebrating 500 issues of Snippets!

October 04, 2024/ Admin

The first issue of Snippets was published around 2003 which means we've been bringing you the latest community-led health happenings for more than 20 years!

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October 04, 2024/ Admin/
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September 17, 2024

New community-led health resource hub launches on the CHEX website!

September 17, 2024/ Admin

We've been working hard over the last few months to collate and create some new community-led health resources, which we hope will provide useful and relevant information to help support the CHEX network and other people working in and around community-led health.

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September 17, 2024/ Admin/
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August 20, 2024

Health Issues In the Community: empowering young people to make real change

August 20, 2024/ Admin

Join us for the launch event of our newly revamped and updated Health Issues In the Community course for young people.

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August 20, 2024/ Admin/
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July 26, 2024

Have your say: the Scottish Parliament’s call for views on third sector funding

July 26, 2024/ Admin

Have your say: contribute to the SCDC and CHEX response to the Scottish Government’s call for views on third sector funding.

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July 26, 2024/ Admin/
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July 26, 2024

Out and about: Wellbeing Works in Dundee

July 26, 2024/ Admin

The CHEX team out and about: Sarah was in Dundee, meeting with Wendy and her team from Wellbeing Works.  

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July 26, 2024/ Admin/
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