Equality, Opportunity, and Community is the focus for the Scottish Government this year. The range of food-related actions in the programme include: plans to introduce measures that will extend eligibility to the Best Start Foods scheme; ongoing work towards the expansion of free school meals; taking forward actions within the Cash-First: Towards Ending the Need …
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Challenging Poverty in Glasgow
Many community food initiatives work in collaboration with others to address poverty. One example is Glasgow Community Food Network (GCFN), which brings together a wide range of community food initiatives from within the city, including those addressing poverty. GCFN is also part of the Glasgow Food Policy Partnership that aims to develop a co-ordinated response …
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Challenging poverty in Glasgow
Challenging poverty in Glasgow Challenge Poverty Week is coming up. (2 -8 October)2, which aims to challenge the injustice of poverty and show how collective action can help. One of its five policy asks is around food, ‘A Scotland where no-one goes hungry’. Many community food initiatives work in collaboration with others to address poverty. …
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CFHS August e-bulletin
Our latest e-bulletin has information on learning from collaboration, diet and nutrition, research and policy, as well as news, reports, latest events and funding. You can access the e-bulletin here
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CFHS e-bulletin July 2023
Our latest e-bulletin has information on community food and local food partnerships, Good Food Nation, and the Scottish Government’s Cash-First fund, as well as news, reports, latest events and funding. You can access the e-bulletin here.
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Climate Engagement Fund
The Scottish Government Climate Engagement Fund (CEF) aims to build understanding of the climate emergency across communities in Scotland, both geographic and communities of interest, by offering support for climate engagement activities. The total value of the CEF is £550,000. Bidders can request between £50,000 and £100,000 in total for larger scale engagement projects. Both …
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Stronger Starts funding
Tesco has partnered with Groundwork to create a new £5.3m grant programme called Stronger Starts. Its goal is to give 1 million children a Stronger Start by helping fund healthy food and fitness activities that can improve their physical health and mental wellbeing – from breakfast clubs to playground equipment, football kits to gardening classes. …
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Scottish Government Cash-First Fund
The Fund has now opened for applications and will remain open for five weeks – closing at 5pm on Friday 1 September 2023. The Guidance Note and Application Form are available online: https://www.gov.scot/publications/cash-first-fund-form-and-guidance/pages/overview/ We welcome applications from Partnerships made up of public sector and third sector organisations for collaborative work to improve urgent local access …
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CFHS September e-bulletin
Our latest e-bulletin has information on challenging poverty in Glasgow, diet and nutrition, research and policy, as well as news, reports, latest events and funding. You can access the e-bulletin here