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.
Food poverty and access
Research – exploring the impacts of community retailing
Posted in CFHS updates, Research and consultations
Areas of Work: Community cafes and retailing, Food poverty and access, Research and evaluation
Food Plus in Practice
CFHS’s new publication about community food initiatives that are working to reduce food poverty through delivering a range of services is now available online. The publication includes examples of eight community food initiatives that are offering emergency food aid and more. View Food Plus in Practice.
Posted in CFHS updates
Area of Work: Food poverty and access
Food plus in practice
How community food initiatives working to reduce food poverty are delivering a range of services. The publication includes examples of eight community food initiatives that are offering emergency food aid and more.
Publishers: Community Food and Health (Scotland), NHS Health Scotland
Publication category: Policy and planning
Areas of Work: Community cafes and retailing, Food poverty and access
Human rights based approaches to food poverty
Twenty-six people have signed up to be involved in this group which is meeting to develop and understanding of human rights approaches to food poverty and what they might mean for community based practice. The first introductory meeting was held in June when members shared what was on their agenda and what they hope to …
Posted in CFHS updates, News
Area of Work: Food poverty and access
Emergency food aid: a national learning exchange
This report and summary is the product of discussions that included practitioners, planners, policy makers and academics. Discussions centred around viewing emergency food aid as one dimension of wider food poverty and ensuring we understood the nature and scale of causes, need and impact. The consensus was that local responses had to be informed, joined …
Publishers: Community Food and Health (Scotland), Health Scotland, NHs
Publication categories: Conferences and networking, Retailing and catering
Areas of Work: Community cafes and retailing, Food poverty and access, Networking and learning development
Emergency food aid: national learning exchange
Demands for emergency food aid are an emergent challenge for community food initiatives across Scotland. In February 2014, CFHS invited key individuals to share their experiences and understanding of supporting communities that are experiencing extreme food poverty and in need of emergency food aid. This is a complex and challenging agenda and there was broad recognition that …
Posted in CFHS updates
Area of Work: Food poverty and access
The contribution of community food initiatives to national food and health programmes
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 more of the Scottish Government food and health programmes. This factsheet provides an overview of the work undertaken by the initiatives.
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Business and project development
Related topics: community food activity, evaluation, funding, grants
Areas of Work: Community cafes and retailing, Cookery skills, Food and nutrition training, Food poverty and access, Funding
Human rights based approaches to food poverty
CFHS is recruiting people involved in community food initiatives in Scotland to join an enquiry into human rights based approaches to food poverty. We are looking for a group of people who will: set the agenda for the work engage in positive discussion and debate with others active in the field listen and learn from …
Posted in CFHS updates, News
Area of Work: Food poverty and access
The nature and extent of food poverty/insecurity in Scotland
In October 2014, CFHS commissioned a group of research scientists to consider questions of food insecurity/poverty in Scotland. The main aim of the research was to explore the wider context of household food poverty/insecurity (HFI) in Scotland and to develop an understanding of the current level and nature of HFI to inform policy and practice. The …