Increasingly community food initiatives across Scotland are responding to demands for emergency food aid for those experiencing the most severe effects of food poverty. The provision of emergency food parcels through food banks is rapidly growing; however, balancing the need for short term emergency food aid with creating sustainable change for people experiencing food poverty …
Food poverty and access
Emergency food aid: learning from current experiences
Posted in CFHS updates, News
Area of Work: Food poverty and access
Approaches to improving food access/addressing food poverty with older people
Study tour to London, 1-3 October 2013 ‘The main thought that stayed with me the entire trip was – food is what sustains life, nourishes and connects us, threading its way through every part of daily life for older people, it is the universal vehicle for the health and wellbeing of our older population; so …
Posted in CFHS updates
Areas of Work: Food poverty and access, Networking and learning development, Older people
Far reaching fare
This publication looks at the role that community initiatives can play in building reach into policy and practice around food access.
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Policy and planning
Related topics: case studies, community food activity, inclusion, inequalities, policy
Area of Work: Food poverty and access
Footing the bill or thinking ahead
Notes from a round table discussion held on 31 July on ‘constructive food and health policy and practice in the face of austerity’.
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Policy and planning
Related topics: discussion, food poverty, inequalities, policy
Areas of Work: Food poverty and access, Networking and learning development
Healthy Start pilot integrated approach
CFHS, in partnership with NHS Forth Valley, has completed a pilot using an integrated approach to promote increased awareness of the Healthy Start scheme, Healthy Start vitamins and the benefits of the voucher scheme in accessing fresh fruit and vegetables. The pilot was delivered in Camelon and the Falkirk Braes areas. The main objective was engaging and supporting existing …
Posted in CFHS updates
Areas of Work: Families with children, Food poverty and access
Hard to Stomach
Recommendations sought by the Scottish Government from a working group on food access and affordability, supported by CFHS, were sent to Ministers shortly before the recent election campaign. The report produced by the group involved representatives from community and voluntary organisations in Edinburgh, Lanarkshire, Fife and Dumfries and Galloway.
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Policy and planning
Related topics: access, affordability, case studies, community food activity, discussion, policy
Area of Work: Food poverty and access
Focus on food services for older people
On 25 February Community Food and Health (Scotland) and Consumer Focus Scotland co-hosted a roundtable discussion looking at issues around older people’s access to affordable healthy food of their choice.
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Policy and planning
Related topics: access, affordability, choice, discussion, food poverty, low income, older people
Areas of Work: Food poverty and access, Networking and learning development, Older people
Report from national food discussion seminar
On 18 March 2008 CFHS facilitated a national seminar to ensure that the experience and understanding of low-income communities is included in the development of a National Food Policy for Scotland. The report from that seminar has been submitted to the Scottish Government in response to the discussion paper ‘Choosing the Right Ingredients: The Future …
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Policy and planning
Related topics: discussion, homelessness, inclusion, inequalities, low income, policy, Scottish Government
Areas of Work: Food poverty and access, Networking and learning development
Study tour to London
The study tour took place between 1 and 3 October 2013. Ten people took part in a busy two days, which included 10 different visits/meetings across London. The report provides an overview of the tour and the organisations we visited.