Use the menu on the right to access information about our individual member projects.

What the Forum Offers Community Health Initiatives

• Representation
  The Forum represents the views of Community Health Initiatives at policy level, service level, with relevant funders and in partnerships and planning groups by:
  - actively participating in partnerships
  - responding to Scottish Government & other consultations
  - producing relevant literature
  - undertaking discrete projects.



• Support & Networking
  The Forum provides support to Community Health Initiatives by :
  - facilitating networking & peer support
  - servicing monthly meetings
  - researching and distributing information
  - facilitating training
  - coordinating joint working.



• Aims
  - To raise the profile of Community Health Initiatives at all levels and to promote the Community Development approach as a means of tackling health inequalities.
  - To provide networking opportunities, mutual support and practice development support to Community Health Initiatives.
  

Lothian Community Health Initiatives’ Forum : Quotes from members:

"We are all so pressed for time - I appreciate that LCHPF is representing the concerns of projects like Saheliya in both local and national partnership meetings and consultations."
Manager, Saheliya

“The Forum is really useful to keep up to date. It has accessed us to training and information we could not get elsewhere.”
Manager, Pilmeny Development Project

“The Forum provides an excellent informal way of meeting people working in the same field to exchange ideas and share mutual concerns. I would recommend it to anyone working in the community development and health field.”
Co-ordinator, CHIRP