A commitment to a ‘cash-first’ approach to tackling food insecurity is at the heart of a new Scottish Government plan to reduce the need for people to turn to food …
Author archives: Alice Baird
Cash-first: Towards Ending the Need for Food Banks in Scotland: plan
Posted in CFHS updates, News, Policy news
Area of Work: Food poverty and access
CFHS e-bulletin May 2023
Our latest e-bulletin has information on community food organisation activities, and news from UK and Scottish Government, new reports and latest events and funding. You can access the e-bulletin here.
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Area of Work: Information provision
Save our Wild Isles Community Fund
Aviva, in partnership with WWF and the RSPB, has £1million to support community groups across the UK. Funding is available for organisations looking to deliver projects to protect and restore nature in …
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Scottish Government consultations
Local living and 20 minute neighbourhoods: draft planning guidance This consultation invites views and comments on the draft local living and 20 minute neighbourhood planning guidance. The guidance is intended to …
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New Public Health Nutrition Strategy from Food Standards Scotland
Food Standards Scotland (FSS) has published its new Public Health Nutrition Strategy which sets out their revised approach to addressing their objective of improving the diet of the population in …
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Screwfix Foundation funding
The Screwfix Foundation currently offers local registered charities and not for profit organisations funding up to the region of £5,000 to support projects that improve, repair and maintain homes and …
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Small grant programme – older people
The Charles Hayward Foundation is offering grants up to £7,000 to fund preventative and early intervention programmes being delivered at the community level which allow older people to stay in …
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Corra Foundation Boost small grants programme
Boost small grants programme is for organisations supporting children and families in their local communities. It has been created to help groups that find the increases in basic running costs …
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Tackling obesity: Improving policy making on food and health
This report from the Institute for Government reveals how every government since 1992 has missed targets to reduce obesity. It exposes the reasons behind this policy failure – and sets …
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Beyond food banks
The Scottish Government recently published Cash First: Towards Ending the Need for Food Banks in Scotland. In this blog post, we highlight a few examples of what community food initiatives …