Public engagement is increasingly being recognised as an important activity for the UK and European scientific community. Through access to the scientists who are performing research on their behalf, the interested public can not only hear about the latest research and informed opinion but can obtain important context about where science contributes to, and is relevant to, their everyday life – health, economy, culture etc. The need for scientists to grasp engagement opportunities and present a perspective of science that goes beyond that available in the popular media is now widely recognised, and is a necessary output from research funded at UK national and EU levels. Whereas individual public engagement events may provide direct access to only a relatively small self-selected group of interested individuals, improving technology potentially allows everyone to access these interactions between scientists and the public. Positioning such resources where they can be found by the public will not only make science accessible to a wider audience but could also provide a useful supplement to more formal popular education platforms such as MOOC – online open access courses. A number of public engagement vehicles will be discussed, based on the dissemination activity undertaken as part of the EU-funded projects, Full4Health (www.full4health.eu), NeuroFAST (www.neurofast.eu) and SATIN (www.satin-satiety.eu), and the Scottish Government Strategic Research Programme, Healthy Safe Diets theme.