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Community Food & Health Scotland CFHS ~ annual networking conference
A booking form (PDF 1965 kb) is now available for this networking conference, Making a Difference, to be held at the Thistle Hotel, Glasgow on Tuesday 11 November. This year's theme focuses on the important contribution from community-based initiatives working towards achieving national priorities. Please note that the deadline for applications is 10 October.

Afasic Scotland ~ Conference & AGM - Thursday 6th November, 09:30 am - 15:30 pm, The James Watt Centre, Herriot Watt University, Edinburgh
Event details

October 2008

Siblings of Disabled Children, Sibs Workshop for Professionals- Perth 23rd October 2008, 10.30am -1.30pm, for those interested in developing support Services for siblings of children with disabilities or life Limiting conditions. For further information on this and future Workshops please access the website here:
Sibs web pages

August 2008

Network meeting & Trellis AGM - Glasgow - Friday 22nd August, 10:00 am - 16:00 pm, The Hidden Gardens
Event details

July 2008

'The Propagator' Summer 2008 issue published

New Information Officer

Jenny Simpson joins us from the 24th September 2008. She will be developing the query service, fact sheets and the website. Contact her at: jenny@trellisscotland.org.uk

Join the Trellis Board

We are looking for two new directors to join the Trellis Board - in particular people with skills and experience in finance controls and human resource management. Visit the Jobs page for more details.

Big Lottery funding for Community, Therapeutic and Allotment Gardening in Scotland

Announcing details of our recent funding success - read the Press Release

May 2008

Trellis big office move to: 40 St John Street, Perth, PH1 5SP

April 2008

'The Propagator' Spring 2008 issue published

Network meeting - East - Wednesday 9th April, 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
HOPE Trust, Hospitalfield, Arbroath

March 2008

Trellis Annual Networking Conference - March 17th 2008

09:15 Arrival and Registration
10:00 Welcome & Opening Address: Shona Robison MSP, Minister for Public Health
10:30 Project Showcases
1. Foodsteps: Lynne Henderson, Foodsteps, Orkney
2. Chrysalis: Kevin Bruce, Dundee
3. Gardening Leave: Anna Baker Cresswell, Ayrshire
4. Food for Thought: Douglas Henderson, Caithness
11:30 Break
12:00 Workshops
1. Tour of Dundee College Horticulture Facilities: Gordon Croll, Horticulture Team Leader
2. Running a Vegetable Box Scheme: HOPE Trust, Arbroath.
3. Mental Health projects – generating referrals: Kevin Bruce, Chrysalis, Dundee
4. Veterans and Combat Stress: Anna Baker Cresswell, Gardening Leave, Ayrshire
5. Research Questions for Therapeutic Gardening: Anne Jepson, Bridgend Allotment, Edinburgh
6. Surgeries & Advice Sessions
13:00 Lunch, networking and leaflet exchange
14:00 Gardeners’ Question Time chaired by Jim McColl: Bring along your therapeutic horticulture questions to test our panelists’ knowledge – with Colin Stirling, Dave Allan & Gordon Croll.
14:30 Workshops – round 2 (1-6 as above, your chance to attend a second workshop)
15:30 Tea & Seed Swap
16:15 Evaluation and Close

Trellis & FCFCG announce Big Lottery funding award
Press Release

Trellis Annual Networking Event - Monday 17th March, 09:15 am - 4:15 pm
Dundee College, Kingsway Campus
Event programme | Booking form

February 2008

Network meeting - North-west - Wednesday 27th February, 10:15 am - 3:15 pm, Poolewe Village Hall
Event details

January 2008

'The Propagator' winter issue published

October 2007

'The Propagator' autumn issue published

'Green Heart or Grey Void? Rethinking Central Scotland' Exploring the link between people, place, economy and successful regeneration projects.

Venue: Inchyra Grange Hotel, Falkirk.
Cost: FREE.
Bookings - www.csft.org.uk

Gardening at Holyrood - this week's (3rd-7th Sept) Parliamentary business includes a question of potential interest to gardening projects: Health and Social Care – role of voluntary organizations: Iain Gray - To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to develop the role of voluntary organisations in supporting vulnerable and older people in their communities. (S3O-484)

Let's see how this debate develops. Also this week Alex Salmond announced the new legislative programme. The Public Health (Scotland) Bill will modernise public health legislation; and strengthen the role of health boards. But the First Minister also stated: "not...every problem......can or should be resolved through legislation". Accordingly, there were references to on-going work that does not require legislation including:-

• skills and learning strategy
• improving efforts to tackle drugs related problems
• development of a comprehensive health strategy.

Indications of future consultations included:- Climate Change Bill. As gardening projects have a positive impact on environment and climate, the network could make a useful contribution to this consultation.

Trellis will represent the therapeutic gardening network at Parliament on 13th September at an event organised by SAGS, the Scottish Alloment Gardens Society, during Scottish Food Fortnight.

Trellis at Gardening Scotland

Photo courtesy of Mike Hamilton

The Trellis stall was within the Garden For Life 'Living Garden' area at Gardening Scotland, 1st-3rd June 2007. Around 500 people visited our stall and our demonstration of adaptive gardening techniques. Our patron, Jim McColl also surrendered his microphone in the Beechgrove Theatre Tent so that we could promote therapeutic gardening and Trellis to the audiences there.

July

10th 'The Propagator' summer issue published

Walled Kitchen Gardens Network Forum 2007, 30 Sept

Further info - www.walledgardens.net

Tel 01432 354 479 Email: f.grant14@tiscali.co.uk or write to Anne Richards, WKGN, 5 The Knoll, Hereford, HR1 1RU

FCFCG National Networking Event 28 Sept 07

Scottish Natural Heritage Offices, Battleby, nr Perth
10:00 - registration and coffee
10:30 - Welcome, intro & ice-breaker
11:00 - Workshops
13:15 - Networking lunch & market place
14:15-15.45 - Afternoon activities - Community Gardens Question Time, Funding & advice surgeries, case studies & tour of Battleby grounds
15.45 - Tea & Seed Swap
16:00 - parting messages, thanks & departure

To book tel: 0131 623 7058 Email: naomi@farmgarden.org.uk

Open Space - People Space: Innovative Approaches to Research Excellence in Landscape and Health 19-21 Sept, Edinburgh.

This conference focuses on excellent and innovative methods to research the links between outdoor environments and health, so as to better inform policy and practice relating to everyday places in the urban and rural environment. It brings together experts in researching people’s engagement with the landscape with experts in health and the environment.

For more information about this event and online registration please visit: OPENspace website

Inverness Regional Networking Meeting

Furrow of L'Arche, 13 Drummond Crescent, Inverness IV2 4QR
Tel: 01463 239 615
10:30 - arrival and welcome
11:00 - update from Trellis and FCFCG/discussion forum
12:30 - tour of L'Arche (Thomas LaCroix)
13:30 - lunch (£3-5/head)
14:30 - networking and planning future meetings
15:00 - finish
Download Booking Form

Hansel Regional Networking Meeting

Hansel Market Garden, Hansel Alliance, Symington, Ayrshire KA1 5PU
Tel: 01563 831445/01563 830340
10:30 - arrival and welcome
11:00 - update from Trellis and FCFCG/discussion forum
12:30 - tour of Hansel Garden (Bill Gerrie)
13:30 - lunch (£5/head)
14:30 - networking and planning future meetings
15:00 - finish

This event is now fully booked