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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

Evaluating Prevention Workshop

Public Health Scotland is partnering with Evaluation Support Scotland (ESS) to offer a practical and interactive online workshop designed to help you strengthen how you evaluate Prevention work in the community food sector. Tuesday 31st March 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Online workshop via Zoom Workshop outcomes By the end of the session, you will be able to: …

CFHS e-bulletin February 2026

Our latest e-bulletin features information about our forthcoming Evaluating Prevention workshop with ESS,  as well as news and events, resources and information on community food and health related topics. You can view the e-bulletin here.

CFHS e-bulletin January 2026

Our latest e-bulletin features information about Public Health Scotland’s ten-year plan, Together We Can,  as well as news and events, resources and information on community food and health related topics. You can view the e-bulletin here.

CFHS e-bulletin December 2025

Our latest e-bulletin features information about Threehills Community Supermarket, and the discussions at our latest peer learning session,  as well as news and events, resources and information on community food and health related topics. You can view the e-bulletin here.

Good Food Scotland’s evolving Community Supermarket Model

About the Good Food Scotland (GFS) model I recently visited Threehills Community Supermarket and cafe, run by Good Food Scotland (GFS) in Nitshill. This post highlights GFS’s approach to the evolving social/community supermarket model and the use of donated food as well as GFS’s partnerships with local housing associations and links with the local community.  …

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