East Lothian Roots & Fruits – Nourishing a community Maintaining a healthy diet can be difficult on a low income, but in Tranent it’s becoming a lot easier. Roots & Fruits is a community garden enterprise where members learn all about organic gardening and horticulture. The produce from the garden is sold from a mobile…
Improving Health and Well-being
Women are twice as likely as men to suffer from anxiety, one in four women will require treatment for depression and women spend more time experiencing ill-health then men (18.8 years). In Scotland, a woman who lives in a less deprived area can live up to 7.5 years longer than a woman who comes from a most deprived area. Improving a women’s health and general well being will make them to feel better about themselves which increases energy and concentration which will reflect in their professional and social lives.
Women Influencing Change
How has the Women’s Fund for Scotland has helped Women Influencing Change (WIC) ? With the help of the grant made by the Women’s Fund, Women Influencing Change were able to continue a six week programme called “Reaching High”, which had been running once a week for five years. The programme is aimed at women aged between 24 and…
