Nourish Scotland and partners are hosting this workshop for managers and practitioners working to explore how community food projects, advice providers, local authorities, health boards and others can jointly promote …
Food poverty and access
Cash First, Human Rights and Dignity
Cash First – Best Bites
This Menu for All networking event from Edinburgh Community Food will on focus on the implementation of cash first approaches and how they are shaping the way we work. 20 …
Cash first communities 2025
Join IFAN and Trussell for their third annual conference looking at ending the need for charitable food aid in Scotland. 10 March 2025 9.30 am – 4 pm The Studio, …
Community food stakeholder engagement: findings
Between spring and autumn 2024 we engaged with stakeholders from the community food sector, including the wider voluntary and public sector engaged in community food, to better understand what is …
Edinburgh Community Food’s Cash First Journey: Developing and Launching the Cash First Toolkit
In this blog post, Chris Mantle tells us about Edinburgh Community Food (ECF)’s cash first journey. “One of the biggest challenges facing people in poverty is the stigma. Granting an …
Edinburgh Community Food Cash First Toolkit
Following on from its Menu for All launch event on 6 October 2023, Edinburgh Community Food has published its finalised Cash First Toolkit. The Toolkit is designed for community food …
What can community food initiatives do to support cash first approaches to food insecurity?
Published online today, this briefing paper will provide clarity on, raise awareness of, and support use of cash first approaches as the primary response to tackling food insecurity. This will …
A Cash First Future
Launched during Challenge Poverty Week, this report summarises the learning from the joint Cash First Future conference from the Independent Food Aid Network and the Trussell Trust. It includes best practice …

Cash first approaches in community food initiatives
Glasgow Community Food Network (GCFN) commissioned @delvecollab to work with a small group of people with experience of community food initiatives in Glasgow. They produced a Zine which highlights the …