Community Food and Health (Scotland) or CFHS aims to ensure that everyone in Scotland has the opportunity, ability and confidence to access a healthy and acceptable diet for themselves, their families and their communities. We do this by supporting work with and within low-income communities that addresses health inequalities and barriers (availability, affordability, skills and culture) to healthy and affordable food.
Through our work we aim to support communities to identify these barriers; develop local responses to addressing the barriers; and highlight where actions at other levels, or in other sectors, are required.
We value the experience, understanding, skills and knowledge within Scotland’s community food initiatives and their unique contribution to developing and delivering policy and practice at all levels.
CFHS updates
Our views about the proposed National Good Food Nation Plan About Good Food Nation The Good Food Nation Act (2022) Act places duties on Scottish Ministers, local authorities and health boards to produce Good Food Nation Plans. These Plans will set out the main outcomes to be achieved in relation to food-related issues, the policies …
We’re launching interactive online sessions to bring together community food initiatives (CFIs) across Scotland. Each session will tackle a key challenge facing CFIs, with space to share experiences, ideas, and solutions. To instigate deeper conversations, sessions will include a choice of breakout groups for peer connection. Who are these for? Our online peer sessions are …
Our latest e-bulletin features information about our forthcoming community food online peer session, as well as news and events, resources and information on community food related topics. You can view the Summer e-bulletin here.
Our latest e-bulletin features information about the community food sector, opportunities to get involved in our online networking sessions, funding, events and much more. You can view the e-bulletin here.
Join us as we highlight how community food initiatives build local partnerships to collectively make a difference. In this webinar, Community Food Initiatives North East (CFINE) and Lanarkshire Community Food and Health Partnership (LCFHP) will discuss how their work makes a difference to their local communities by improving access to affordable, sustainable and nutritious food, …
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