Community Health Exchange (CHEX)

Community Health Exchange (CHEX)

CHEX promotes and supports community-led health, a way for people in a community to take joint action to improve things for their community, leading to improved health and wellbeing and helping to address health inequalities. Most community-led activity fits this description, and CHEX welcomes any interested community groups to join its network and take advantage of resources, support and other opportunities on offer. CHEX also provides a searchable database of community-led health organisations.

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LGBT Health and Wellbeing

LGBT Health and Wellbeing

LGBT Health and Wellbeing (LGBT Healthy Living Centre) was set up in 2003 to promote the health, wellbeing and equality of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in Scotland. It provides support, services and information to improve health and wellbeing, reduce social isolation and stimulate community development and volunteering.

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Where the action is: Community-led health and climate justice

Where the action is: Community-led health and climate justice

In this briefing, CHEX makes the links between community-led health and climate action, arguing that the effects of climate change – as with health and wellbeing – are distributed unfairly, and we cannot address health inequality and wider inequality without also addressing climate justice.

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The right foundations: Building a just and sustainable country after coronavirus

The right foundations: Building a just and sustainable country after coronavirus

In this briefing, CHEX argues that by building on the fantastic community-led response to Covid-19 and by making use of great ways for everyone to take part (e.g. citizens assemblies) we can build a more just and sustainable country which really begins to tackle long-term health inequalities.

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National Performance Framework

National  Performance Framework

Scotland’s National Outcomes are contained in the National Performance Framework. The Scottish Government's National Outcomes are a set of broad ambitions around making Scotland better for everyone who lives here. Some third sector organisations have used the National Performance Framework (NPF) in their work, and it could be useful for measuring your own progress, evidencing your imact and in funding applications.

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Recognising our rich tapestry: measuring the contribution of third sector organisations to tackling health inequalities

Recognising our rich tapestry: measuring the contribution of third sector organisations to tackling health inequalities

This resource is for third sector organisations and those who fund or commission third sector organisations seeking to understand how the sector contributes to tackling health inequalities. It includes step by step guides, examples and templates for how to realistically show your contribution to outcomes at a societal level.

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