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

The Missing Ingredients

Added on: Thursday 2 Jul 2009

On Thursday 25 June, CFHS co-hosted this event in Edinburgh, looking at what we are learning and what we need to do about food, health and homelessness in Scotland. 70 people attended from a wide range of organisations working with people affected by homeless, Local Authorities, Health Boards, Scottish Government and the Care Commission. A brief summary of the day's event is available to download from the Current Work section.

Issue 4 of Engage

Added on: Thursday 2 Jul 2009

Issue 4 of Engage, the magazine for the Meeting the Shared Challenge support programme, is now available from the NHS Health Scotland website.  This edition focuses on evidence and evaluation.

National Food and Drink Policy for Scotland

Added on: Friday 26 Jun 2009

Richard Lochhead,  Rural Affairs and Environment Secretary, unveiled 'Recipe for Success' - setting out the next steps for the national food and drink policy - this morning at the Royal Highland Show.   It sets out steps to bring together key issues of health and environmental sustainability with business and community needs, and stresses the importance of strengthening community food and health initiatives.   Recipe for Success can be accessed here http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2009/06/19142130/0   The Leadership Forum...

CFHS launches two new publications

Added on: Thursday 25 Jun 2009

Food, training and learning disability highlights work in Scotland to improve food and health for people with learning disabilities. The report  focuses on a  training project for support workers but also includes case studies from groups that regularly deliver cooking skills and healthy eating activities with people with learning disabilities. The Missing Ingredients is based on research carried out by Blake Stevenson to look at the impact of food, health and homelessness...

Business support for community food initiatives facing sustainability issues

Added on: Thursday 18 Jun 2009

A programme of business support for up to 10 community food initiatives that expect to face sustainability isses within the next 6-18 months is now open. The programme will provide successful applicants with up to seven days business advice from a social enterprise support agency. Applications are being accepted from now until the end of October 2009. Guidelines and an application form are available from the Current Work section.

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.