Welcome to Community Food and Health (Scotland)'s website

Community Food and Health (Scotland) supports initiatives in low-income communities which help people take up a healthy diet.

Our aim for this site is to provide a one-stop information and networking resource for staff and volunteers working in food and health - contact us if we can improve it in any way.

Latest news and events

Job vacancy at Fife Community Food Project

Added on: Tuesday 29 Apr 2008

An opportunity has arisen for a temporary Project Co-ordinator (part-time, 3 days per week, until 30 September 2008, £22,000 pro rata) to work within the Fife Community Food Project, whose aim is to improve access to healthier food by communities within Regeneration Areas in Fife. The post is based initially in Cupar,...

CFHS 2008 small grant scheme is now open

Added on: Tuesday 22 Apr 2008

CFHS is delighted to open the 2008 small grant scheme. Groups or agencies working with low-income groups in Scotland are welcome to apply for between £500 and £3000 to tackle one or more of the barriers to healthy eating that many people face on a low-income experience. Full details of eligibility...

Report from national food policy discussion seminar 18 March 2008

Added on: Monday 21 Apr 2008

On 18 March CFHS facilitated a national seminar at the Piping Centre in Glasgow to ensure that the experience and understanding of low-income communities is included in the development of a future National Food Policy for Scotland. The report from that seminar (PDF 232 kb) contains the responses from the seminar and...

Work placements for Queen Margaret University

Added on: Tuesday 15 Apr 2008

Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh is looking for community groups who are able to offer work placements to students (MSc in Public Health Nutrition and BSc (Hons) Nutrition) to complement their academic studies. If you are able to offer hands-on experience as a volunteer within your community group or organisation, please contact Dr...

On this site...

Publications Library

Publications from Community Food and Health (Scotland) and other organisations working in food and health - browse the library

Directory of Community Food Initiatives

Getting our directory online is a new project for us. We hope you find it useful for finding other projects working in your field or area - try out the directory

Discussion Forum

Another new feature on our site. Use it to ask for information, follow up training issues, get feedback and ideas etc. - try out the forum

Case Studies

This section contains case studies highlighting the work of community food initiatives in Scotland. Have a look at the case studies.