Business and project development

Please note: Scottish Community Diet Project changed its name to Community Food and Health (Scotland) in 2006.

The impact of investing small amounts of funding in community food and health organisations

Community Food and Health (Scotland)

June 2011

A fact sheet that highlights the results of providing community food retailers with small amounts of funding to promote their activities and increase fruit and vegetable sales.

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CFHS learning and development programme evaluation

Community Food and Health (Scotland)

June 2011

Looks at what impact this programme had on groups taking part.

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Healthy Eating Healthy Living: A report on the Healthy Eating Healthy Living project for adults with learning disabilities in 6 Scottish pilot sites

Glasgow City CHP South Sector Learning Disability Team Healthy Living Project

June 2011

This Scottish Government funded Healthy Eating, Healthy Living Project developed a multi-media educational pack consisting of 26 sessions on healthy eating for adults with learning disabilities. This included five practical cookery sessions. A small team supported six pilot sites in Greater Glasgow and Tayside to deliver the pack and this report describes how the programme was delivered; what impact it made and recommendations for this work in the future.

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Healthy eating and beyond: the impact of cookery sessions

'Community Food and Health (Scotland)

May 2011

A fact sheet that provides a snapshot of community cookery sessions being delivered around Scotland.

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Resources, toolkits and recipes for community cookery

Community Food and Health (Scotland)

May 2011

A list of resources suitable for groups who wish to develop community cookery sessions in low-income communities.

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What is the impact of the CFHS small grants scheme?

Community Food and Health (Scotland)

May 2011

Demonstrates the reach and impact of the scheme over a three year period.

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Gathering information - the role of databases: Fact Sheet

Community Food and Health (Scotland)

March 2011

This factsheet considers how three community food initiatives have developed electronic databases to gather, store and use their information.

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Evaluation – CFHS ‘summer promotion’ funding for community food retailers, 2011: factsheet

Community Food and Health (Scotland)

January 2011

This report summarises feedback from organisations awarded funding from CFHS through a funding scheme run in summer 2011.

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Report on research to establish the impact of the CFHS 2008 small grants scheme

Clarity

November 2010

In Spring 2010 CFHS commissioned external research to explore the impact of small grants of 2008. In 2008, 58 organisations received funding between £150 and £3000. The research explored the impact of the grants for individuals, communities and the organisations themselves. Issues around sustainability and key learning were also captured.

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Evaluation of social enterprise activities

Community Food and Health (Scotland)

October 2010

Since 2008 CFHS has offered a range of learning and development opportunities around social enterprise. An evaluation of these activities was recently carried out with the participants.

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Minding Their Own Business Too: examples of community food initiatives that have become more enterprising

Community Food and Health (Scotland)

September 2009

In 2006 Community Food and Health (Scotland) produced ëMinding Their Own Businessí, an introduction to business and social enterprise for organisations supporting local communities tackling inequalities in diet and health. Minding Their Own Business Too is a companion to this toolkit. In response to suggestions from people involved in community food and health work, it focuses on examples of community food and health organisations that have moved from thinking about being enterprising, to doing it.

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Food, training and learning disability: a report on a food and health training project for support workers

Community Food and Health (Scotland)

June 2009

This report is mainly based on the experiences of dietitians from the Scottish Learning Disability Cinic Dietetic Network that participated in rolling out the REHIS Food and Health course to carers of people with a learning disability in their local area.

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Early Years Self-evaluation Collaborative Stage Two Interim report

Community Food and Health (Scotland)

April 2009

This report gives an account of how the Early Year Self-evaluation Collaborative has continued to embed evaluation systems into its work with parents and children. Five projects completed Stage Two and have written up individual evaluation reports that describe how they are demonstrating the impact of their work.

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Getting Down to Business

Community Food and Health (Scotland)

September 2008

Report and evaluation from two events giving community food projects the opportunity to find out more about becoming social enterprises.

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A taste for independence: using food to develop skills for life

Community Food and Health (Scotland)

October 2007

This guide discusses the experiences of 21 organisations throughout Scotland who work with a range of vulnerable groups. All these groups used food activities such as cooking, food shopping and budgeting to help people develop their independent living skills

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Banking services for social enterprise: briefing sheet

Community Food and Health (Scotland)

May 2007

Information about the services and key contacts that the main Scottish banks offer to projects using social enterprise approaches.

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Oakley Fruit and Vegetable Co-op: start-up pack

Scottish Community Diet Project

September 2006

Guide to running a fruit and vegetable co-op containing information and guidelines to help avoid some of the difficulties faced when setting up a fruit and vegetable stall.

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Minding Their Own Business: an introduction to business and social enterprise for those supporting local communities tackling inequalities in diet and health

Scottish Community Diet Project

June 2006

Guide to encourage those working at community level to explore the potential of new ways of working and to enable those who want to follow the social enterprise route to get all the assistance they require. Considers potential pitfalls and constraints and gives advice and information

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Minding Their Own Business: summary of seminar and launch

Scottish Community Diet Project

June 2006

Minding Their Own Business is an introductory guide to business and social enterprise produced by SCDP for community food initiatives. This is a brief report of a seminar on social enterprise and community food initiatives at which the publication was launched.

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Discussion on Community Retailing

Scottish Community Diet Project

March 2005

Notes from a round table discussion to explore the issues around taking a more business-like approach when developing or setting up community shops or community food initiatives.

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Source 2004: guide to funding for community food projects in Scotland

Scottish Community Diet Project

February 2004

Brings together a wide range of funding opportunities for community food initiatives and is a useful resource for groups concerned with inequalities in diet and health

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Developing effective community catering skills

Scottish Community Diet Project

December 2002

A roundtable discussion on effective community catering skills conducted by those involved directly or indirectly in community catering to exchange experience, skills and good practice and highlight barriers and gaps to be tackled.

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Developing effective community business skills within Scotland's community food projects

Scottish Community Diet Project

November 2002

Notes from a roundtable discussion on developing effective community business skills within Scotland's community food projects

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