Food & Health Alliance

The conference will be relevant to policy-makers, practitioners and managers, and community or voluntary organisations who want to involve communities more closely in improving community health. It will focus on reasons for adopting a strategic approach to community-led health, the building blocks this requires, and the outcomes for both communities and public services. 

The themes of the conference will be:

• Inequality, social capital and community-led health – understanding the connections.
• Establishing and embedding community-led health improvement strategies in community planning, Single Outcome Agreements and community health partnerships.
• Investing in community capacity and community resilience, and their impact on health.
• Engaging communities: why and how?
• Co-production – a new way of working?
• Sustaining the approach: tools, resources and development.

Presentations and workshops will be led by the Meeting the Shared Challenge team from the Scottish Community Development Centre and CHEX (Community Health Exchange) who have been working with community and voluntary organisations throughout the programme; along with NHS and local authority staff who have played a leading role in the programme.