The British Red Cross ‘longest year’ report includes recommendations for governments and local authorities across the UK on mitigating the effects of lockdown restrictions. The recommendations cover resources to support …
Information provision
New report from the British Red Cross
Posted in Covid-19, News, Publications news
Area of Work: Covid-19 information and resources
CFHS blog – online cooking skills courses: tips and ideas from REHIS
Since March last year, The Royal Environmental Health Institute of Scotland (REHIS) has allowed REHIS course presenters to deliver the REHIS Elementary Cooking Skills course virtually, using platforms such as …
March Covid-19 e-bulletin
Our latest e-bulletin is now available, giving you information about how community food initiatives are adapting to Covid and planning for recovery. There is information about running online cooking courses, …
Posted in CFHS updates, Covid-19
Area of Work: Information provision
On-line cooking sessions -Tips and ideas from Edinburgh Community Food and Greener Kirkcaldy
Edinburgh Community Food (ECF) and Greener Kirkcaldy, both usually run regular face-to-face cooking courses. They now deliver these online and gave us some tips and ideas based on what they …
Posted in CFHS Blog, CFHS updates, Ideas about developing and running cooking skills courses
Area of Work: Covid-19 information and resources
February Covid-19 e-bulletin
Our latest Covid-19 e-bulletin is now available, giving you information on how Community Food Initiatives are coping with the current lockdown and planning for recovery, including putting more activities online. …
Posted in CFHS updates, Publications news
Areas of Work: Covid-19 information and resources, Information provision
What’s in a name? – Redistributing surplus food via Food hubs, food banks, social supermarkets, larders, community fridges and pantries….. Does the label matter?
In this blog post, our colleague Jacqui McDowell gives her views about the variety of community food provision models using surplus food: Surplus food, emergency food aid and the pandemic …
Posted in CFHS Blog, CFHS updates
Areas of Work: Covid-19 information and resources, Food poverty and access
Guest Blog: Cooking skills online – learning from Feeding Fifers
Lyndsay Clark from the Feeding Fifers team tell us what they have learnt from putting cooking skills work online: Feeding Fifers now has their very own Face Book page! The …
Posted in CFHS Blog, CFHS updates
Areas of Work: Cookery skills, Covid-19 information and resources
Supporting your community to get the Covid-19 vaccine
The Screening and Immunisation Team in Public Health Scotland have provided an update about the process of getting the Covid-19 vaccine (8 February 2021): ‘We would like to update you …
Posted in CFHS updates
Area of Work: Covid-19 information and resources
Voluntary Health Scotland survey on vaccine hesitancy
VHS is carrying out important research across the third sector to help ensure that the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine doesn’t widen the health inequalities gap by missing vulnerable groups. …
Posted in Covid-19, News
Areas of Work: Covid-19 information and resources, Information provision
New report from the Food Standards Agency
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has produced ‘Food in a pandemic’ – a new UK-wide research report on food insecurity, diet and eating habits, and food supply. It also explores our …