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A further £8million Big Lottery Funding has been announced to support people affected by domestic abuse.   see http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/global-content/programmes/scotland/becoming-a-survivor

A recent report  highlights that  'people are not necessarily motivated to improve their health despite being aware of public health messages, suggesting that simply knowing what is good for us isn’t enough to support public health behaviour change'.  SeeNews release NHS Scotland 24.04.13 

The UK Government is making changes to the welfare benefits system which will affect around one in six working-age people in Fife. It’s changing how benefits are claimed, what they’re called and who’s eligible for what. See Staff Briefing

The Forced Marriage ( Scotland) Act came into force in November 2011.   Forced Marriage is a cross cutting issue and it is important that all professionals are aware of their responsibilities and obligations. If the victim is allowed to walk out of the door, that one chance might be lost. Be sure you know what to do - access the new practitioner’s guide online HERE

The National Records of Scotland (NRS) published its Release 1B of the 2011 Census for Scotland. 

 Over the last ten years -

• The number of pre-school age children has increased by 8%, while school age children have decreased by 12%
• Younger working age groups have decreased by 4%, while older working ages have increased by 14%
• All older age groups have increased in size, with the over 80s showing the largest increase of 18%
• Fife now has 160,950 households, an increase of 10,676 (7%)
• Fife's average household size has reduced from 2.28 to 2.2

Further information is available on the Census from the National Records of Scotland http://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/en/news/articles/release1b.html

and at www.fifedirect.org.uk/census   where you can see publications on Census Information 2001 and Knowfife Quick Brief Census 2011 Population Estimates.

New data on income and poverty levels across Scotland was published on 28 March by  Heriot-Watt University

To help you understand what this means for Fife, you can now access the data through KnowFife Dataset:

http://knowfife.fife.gov.uk/IAS/profiles/profile?profileId=842

or  look at an interactive  map of the indicators across Fife :

http://knowfife.fife.gov.uk/IAS/dataviews/view?viewId=512

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Publications

• Baby Bites Volume 3 Issue 1. (opens in a new window)
• Culture Talk Issue 4 (opens in a new window)
• Equalities Participation Network (EPN) bulletin. (opens in a new window)
• Fife SHeS 08-11 Physical Activity (opens in a new window)
• Newsrelease NHS Health Scotland 24.4.13 (opens in a new window)
• Practitioners Guide (opens in a new window)
• Staff Briefing April 2013 (opens in a new window)