CHEX and the Scottish Community Development Centre (SCDC) have an active supporting communities programme throughout the country, including in Buckie …
Activity: Wellbeing on Wheels coming to your town this April!
Starting in Forres at 10 am on the 4th of April we are coming to towns in Moray to chat …
Report: A Connected Scotland: our strategy for tackling social isolation and loneliness and building stronger social connections, 18 December 2018
The Scottish Government has published its first national strategy to tackle social isolation and loneliness and build stronger social …
News: Dementia and the outdoors.
We would all benefit from more time spent walking outdoors, in forests or on beaches, where our focus becomes wherever …
Event: World Health Day 7 April 2019
Universal health coverage is WHO’s number one goal. Key to achieving it is ensuring that everyone can obtain the care …
News: An introduction to social prescribing
If being connected socially is good for our health, why can’t our GPs prescribe it as well as, or instead …
News: Article on Mindfulness and Psychotherapy, focus on slowing pace life for health
Elisha Goldstein thinks that it feels as if someone from the outside has decided to play a cruel joke on …
News: Informal Cook ‘n’ Share, Phoenix Centre, Buckie, 5 Tuesdays 11:00 to 13:00, starting March 19th.
These events have already started, so don’t delay if you wish to become involved in supporting those with mental health …
News: Mental health services boost for expectant and new mothers: from the BBC website, 6th March 2019
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced while on a visit to a hospital in Livingston that more than £50m is to …
News: A first for the Scottish LGBT helpline and Deaf users, (from CHeX snippets), 7 March 2019
Scotland’s LGBT Helpline now supports Deaf people using British Sign Language (BSL). This national helpline has supported lesbian, gay, bisexual …