This webinar took place on 10th June 2026

What the webinar was about:

Community Food National Reference Group members Community Food Initiatives North East (CFINE),  Lanarkshire Community Food & Health Partnership (LCFHP), Glasgow Community Food Network (GCFN) and Edinburgh Community Food (ECF) worked together to develop an online resource space with access to information on local and national cash-first approaches to tackling food insecurity and poverty. They outlined the food insecurity resource space, highlighted best practices in applying cash-first approaches and reflected on the benefits of working together. Their work was funded by the Scottish Government.

The Community Food National Reference Group – Food Insecurity Resource Space:

The resource space is available on each of the of the four community food organisation’s websites to provide local and national information. Each site includes information for those ‘Looking for Support’, explains ‘What is Cash First?’ and provides ‘Resources for Organisations’ and ‘Policy, Research and Evaluations’.

You can find out more on each of the organisation’s websites:

• LCFHP Food Insecurity Space: Cash First Resource Centre | LCFHP
• ECF Food Insecurity Space: Edinburgh Community Food Ltd
• GCFN Food Insecurity Resource Space | Glasgow Community Food Network (en-GB)
• CFINE The Food Insecurity Resource Space is live now! – Cfine

The resources spaces will continue to be developed – the organisations welcome your feedback and views.

More information about the webinar:

• Webinar notes Food insecurity resource space June 2026
• Collaborating across Scotland to create a food insecurity resource space presentations
• A You Tube video of the webinar will be available shortly.