Season’s Greetings
- 19 December 2014
The President, members of Council and members of staff at REHIS wish everyone in the Scottish and International environmental health community a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Annual Awards Photographs
- 11 December 2014
Photographs of this year’s Annual Awards Ceremony can now be accessed on the REHIS website at https:/photographs-rehis-events
Annual General Meeting
- 28 November 2014
This year’s Annual General Meeting was held in Edinburgh on Friday 21 November and Martin Keeley was elected as the Institute’s President. Professor Kofi Aidoo and Drew Hall were elected as the Institute’s Senior Vice-President and Junior Vice-President respectively. All will hold office for the next year. Lisa McCann joins the Council for the first […]
Environmental Health Scotland-The Journal of the Royal Environmental Health Institute of Scotland-Autumn 2014
- 22 November 2014
The Autumn 2014 edition of Environmental Health Scotland, the REHIS Journal, can be accessed by clicking on the link Journal 2014 If you wish to feature any Environmental Health or Public Health initiative, event or activity in the REHIS Journal, please contact Tom Bell at tb@
REHIS November Events
- 29 October 2014
The Annual Awards Ceremony will take place on the evening of Thursday 20 November. On the morning of the following day the annual Environmental Health Update event, a free to members CPD event, will be presented. This will be followed by the Institute’s Annual General Meeting which starts at 2.00pm. All three events will be […]
Becoming a Good Food Nation – Views needed by 17 October 2014
- 23 October 2014
Have you made your voice heard? Now is your opportunity, take part in the consultation for Scotland’s next phase of the National Food and Drink Policy; Becoming a Good Food Nation, the consultation ends on Friday, October 17th! Becoming a Good Food Nation Discussion Document proposes a 2025 vision for Scotland’s food and drink future. […]
REHIS ADVANCED HACCP COURSE
- 23 September 2014
There is ONE place left on the Advanced HACCP course which is being held in Edinburgh from the 22-24 September 2014. Don’t miss your chance as this course is only held annually. If you wish to book a place please contact Jackie McCabe, jm@ without delay. A booking form is attached.
Feedback on the REHIS Elementary Cooking Skills Course from community cooking trainers
- 5 September 2014
I am delighted to welcome a report written by Community Food and Health (Scotland), or CFHS, detailing the views of 12 trainers delivering the REHIS Elementary Cooking Skills course. CFHS provided funding to 13 groups for them to deliver the course in low-income communities. A lack of cooking and practical food skills is often cited […]
REHIS President gives evidence at Holyrood
- 25 August 2014
Colin Wallace, REHIS President, gave oral evidence to the Scottish Parliament’s Health and Sport Committee at Holyrood during discussion on Stage 1 of the Food (Scotland) Bill. The whole report, published on 21 August 2014, is available at the following link – Food (Scotland) Bill
REHIS Conference Survey
- 22 August 2014
The Annual Conference has given the Institute’s members, colleagues from partner organisations and government agencies and the wider Environmental Health and Public Health communities including REHIS Approved Training Centres the opportunity to meet and to discuss important and topical issues. A great deal of effort has gone into making Annual Conferences relevant and informative for […]
Scottish Green Apple Awards 2014
- 19 August 2014
Falkirk Council scooped the top awards when more than 70 of Scotland’s ‘greenest’ people attended the REHIS sponsored Scottish Green Apple Environment Awards 2014 recently. Falkirk Council scored a stunning hat-trick of success, winning Local Authorities Gold awards for two of their submissions – ‘The Helix’ and the ‘Greenspace Initiative’. On the strength of that double-whammy, […]
Keep Scotland Beautiful ‘Bags of opportunity’
- 12 August 2014
Recently Keep Scotland Beautiful has presented a case to TESCO to receive funding from the single use carrier bag charge in Scotland to support work in communities. Having been shortlisted from hundreds to participate in a public vote and as the only Scottish charity in the final three KSB is asking friends and supporters to […]
