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  • Community Benefit Gateway case study: Shopmobility Paisley and District

    • 13 June 2023
    • Case study
    • Place

    The Community Benefit Gateway (CBG) is an online portal which allows NHS suppliers to identify how they can support a local community in Scotland. This case study illustrates Shopmobility Paisley and District’s experience of using the portal and the impact that receiving new mobility equipment had on their users and the wider community.

  • Community Benefit Gateway case study: Ayrshire Cancer Support

    • 13 June 2023
    • Case study
    • Place

    The Community Benefit Gateway (CBG) is an online portal which allows NHS suppliers to identify how they can support a local community in Scotland. This case study illustrates Ayshire Cancer Support’s experience using the CBG portal and the impact this had on the children and young people in their local area.

  • Community Benefit Gateway case study: Garnock Valley Men's Shed

    • 13 June 2023
    • Case study
    • Place

    The Community Benefit Gateway (CBG) is an online portal which allows NHS suppliers to identify how they can support a local community in Scotland. This case study illustrates the Garnock Valley Men Shed’s experience using the portal and the impact that receiving a dishwasher had among their users.

  • Community Benefit Gateway case study: Harbourside Men's Shed

    • 13 June 2023
    • Case study
    • Place

    The Community Benefit Gateway (CBG) is an online portal which allows NHS suppliers to identify how they can support a local community in Scotland. This case study illustrates the Harbourside Men Shed’s experience of using the Community Benefits Gateway portal and the impact that receiving a defibrillator had among their users.

  • Health impact scoping of active travel strategy guidance

    • 24 February 2023
    • Report
    • Physical activity
    • Place

    This is a report of a health impact assessment scoping exercise, held on 11 October 2021, to inform a revised version of the Sustrans and Transport Scotland Active Travel Guidance 2014. It has been produced to support local authorities in the development of their own cycling or active travel strategies guidance.

  • Scottish Inclusion Health and Homelessness Conference: Breakout session presentations

    • 02 February 2023
    • Resources
    • Place

    The Scottish Inclusion Health and Homelessness Conference was held in Edinburgh on Wednesday 27th March 2019. These are the presentations from the breakout sessions.

  • Hidden Homelessness Conference: Plenary presentations

    • 02 February 2023
    • Resources
    • Place

    The Hidden Homelessness Conference was held on the 25th February 2020. It focused on women, LGBTQ+, youths, migrant health and mental health in homelessness, bringing together a coalition of partners to focus on the issues affecting the health and wellbeing of those who are experiencing homelessness. These are the plenary presentations from the conference.

  • Housing strategies briefing paper

    • 21 December 2022
    • Report
    • Place

    Our briefing paper outlines housing strategies and plans that local authorities produce. It highlights opportunities for health professionals to engage with these plans and strategies. This is to maximise the contribution these plan and strategy documents can make to good health and reducing health inequalities. Please note this publication is branded as NHS Health Scotland and may be out dated. It is now managed by Public Health Scotland.

  • Housing and health inequalities report

    • 21 December 2022
    • Report
    • Place

    This is the 5th in our series of inequality briefings. It focuses on the role that good-quality housing can play in improving health and wellbeing and reducing health inequalities. Please note this publication is branded as NHS Health Scotland and may be out dated. It is now managed by Public Health Scotland.

  • Case studies of local practice to reduce child poverty

    • 26 November 2022
    • Case study
    • Children
    • Place
    • Poverty

    This resource uses case studies to identify and share good practices of how to reduce child poverty locally.