This CFHS factsheet reports on three community cafe learning visits that took place between November 2014 and February 2015.
Community cafes and retailing
Community cafe learning event report
Publishers: Community Food and Health (Scotland), NHS Health Scotland
Publication category: Retailing and catering
Related topics: community cafes, community food activity, study tours and exchanges, training and qualifications, volunteers
Area of Work: Community cafes and retailing
Community cafe learning visits
Following the success of previous visits, CFHS is running further community café learning visits this year. These are open to anyone involved in running or setting up a community café. Participants will have the chance to find out about the cafes hosting the visits, meet other community café practitioners and share and learn about good …
Posted in CFHS updates, Events and conferences, News
Areas of Work: Community cafes and retailing, Networking and learning development
Scottish Grocers Federation Healthy Living Programme training
Want to find out how to sell more fruit and vegetables and waste less stock? The SGF Healthy Living Programme training may be able to help. This free two-hour session can be delivered by CFHS at a time and place that suits your staff and volunteers. To book a session, or for more information, contact …
Posted in CFHS updates, News, Training
Area of Work: Community cafes and retailing
Research – exploring the impacts of community retailing
CFHS is commissioning research to explore the economic, social and environmental impacts that community retailers are bringing to the communities they work with and within, and if and how, they are helping to address health inequalities. The research will be completed by March 2016.
Posted in CFHS updates, Research and consultations
Areas of Work: Community cafes and retailing, Food poverty and access, Research and evaluation
Community cafe networking event – some pics
Posted in CFHS updates, Events and conferences, News
Area of Work: Community cafes and retailing
Consultation on the future of breakfast clubs in Glasgow
Glasgow City Council is currently consulting on the future provision of breakfast clubs for primary school children in the city, with a view to making savings to the stated budget of £2M per year. Deadline for responses is Friday 8 May.
Posted in News, Research and consultations
Area of Work: Community cafes and retailing
Community cafe networking event
Booking has opened for Community Food and Health (Scotland)’s and Edinburgh Community Cafes Network’s Community Café Networking Event, being held on Thursday 11 June from 10.30 am to 3.30 pm., in St Andrew’s and St George’s Church, George Street, Edinburgh. As well as time to network, the event includes workshops and a marketplace. The topics …
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Area of Work: Community cafes and retailing
Community café event – Edinburgh
CFHS has a community café event planned for Thursday 11 June 2015 in Edinburgh. Anyone managing, working in, or supporting a community café is welcome to apply for a place. To book a place, or for more information, contact Anne.
Posted in CFHS updates
Area of Work: Community cafes and retailing
Community retailing roundtable
In September, CFHS held a roundtable meeting to discuss the future of community retailing, especially community-run food co-ops, fruit stalls and barras. Representatives from five community food initiatives that support food co-ops took part. Everyone agreed that community retailing is important, has a future, but requires support to develop its impact. A note of the discussion …
Posted in CFHS updates
Area of Work: Community cafes and retailing
Community cafe learning visit
CFHS’s next community café learning visit is on Tuesday 9 February, 11 am to 2.30 pm, to Wellmeadow Café in Blairgowrie and the Walled Garden Café in Perth. Places are available to anyone involved in running or setting up a community café. Transport will be provided from Blairgowrie to Perth and back, if required and …