CORE (Community Organisation for Race Equality) has developed a case study on their World Cafe. It covers the background and history of the World Cafe, the essential elements of the model, the role of volunteers, the development of healthy recipes and how the cafe works to build links between individuals and communities. It is an …
Minority ethnic communities
Case Studies
Posted in CFHS updates
Areas of Work: Community cafes and retailing, Minority ethnic communities
Community-based organisations working with minority ethnic children, pregnant women and families – training in food, nutrition and health
Access to a balanced, healthy diet is important in the early years of life. Improving maternal and infant nutrition is a key priority in Scotland and there is evidence that more food and health work needs to be delivered within minority ethnic communities. Experience from community groups already suggests that food and health work with …
Posted in CFHS updates
Areas of Work: Families with children, Food and nutrition training, Minority ethnic communities
Strengthening food work across minority ethnic communities
Notes from a meeting held in Edinburgh to look at what is needed to further support food work across minority ethnic communities in Scotland.
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Policy and planning
Related topics: funding, minority ethnic, networking, pilot, practice, training and qualifications, volunteers
Areas of Work: Minority ethnic communities, Networking and learning development
Mapping Exercise of Third Sector Food and Health Initiatives with Minority Ethnic Communities
CFHS commissioned REACH Community Health Project to undertake research into community-based food and health work among black and minority ethnic communities across Scotland. Interviews with 790 organisations have identified a wide range of food-related work taking place within minority ethnic communities and also substantial unmet need.
Publishers: Commissioned by CFHS, REACH Community Health Project
Publication category: Policy and planning
Related topics: community food activity, inequalities, mapping exercise, minority ethnic, policy, research, third sector
Areas of Work: Minority ethnic communities, Research and evaluation
Effective Working on Food issues with Scotland’s Black and Minority Ethnic Groups
Notes from a roundtable discussion exploring working with black and minority ethnic groups, refugees and asylum seekers on community food issues.
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Professional development
Related topics: access, asylum seekers, choice, diet and nutrition, discussion, health workers, local, minority ethnic, multi-cultural, practice
Area of Work: Minority ethnic communities
Strengthening food work across minority ethnic communities
The January networking meeting reviewed the recent CFHS funded learning opportunities and looked at priorities for support in 2012 – 2013.