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Publications
- Since 2007, CFHS has supported 51 community food practitioners to obtain a RSPH Diploma in Nutrition, Certificate in Nutrition or Level 3 Award in Nutrition for ...
- This CFHS fact sheet examines the feedback from the evaluations of participants on the 2013/2014 learning and development programme.
- In 2012, Community Food and Health (Scotland) provided funding totalling £15,000 for six community food initiatives to build on their current work with one or ...
- This report is based on the results of an online survey completed by 35 people that had completed an accredited nutrition course. ...
- This publication gives a flavour of what community food initiatives and disability learning support providers are doing to offer adults with learning disabilities access to food ...
- Findings from the evaluation of funding CFHS made available to support community based mental health organisation to provide training to their staff and volunteers in ...
- This booklet features tips and ideas gathered from a CFHS youth, food and health networking event that focused on work with a range of young ...
- This short report shows what 20 groups and agencies learnt and gained from running practical healthy eating activities and taking part in the REHIS Elementary ...
- This fact sheet summarises information gathered from across Scotland on activities that 'train the trainers' to deliver healthy cookery and food preparation skills in low-income ...
- Since the Elementary Food and Health course was launched nationally in 2006, CFHS has delivered a targeted programme to promote it in low-income and excluded ...
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A focus on food and older people publications and micro funding
CFHS and Consumer Focus Scotland will launch their report into food services for older people Meals and messages at the Norton Park Conference Centre in Edinburgh on 21 June. A report on lunch clubs, A bite and a blether>, and information about micro-funding will also be available.
Meals and messages outlines the main findings from the study together with recommendation for action by the Scottish Government, local authorities and local communities. A bite and a blether brings together material from six lunch clubs in different parts of the country most of which are run by older people for older people.
As of July, CFHS will be offering a limited pot of micro funding (one-off investments of up to £1500) for community and voluntary organisations to work around food, wellbeing and older people. Full details are available in the Current Work section.