This new report by the Food Foundation, The Broken Plate 2020, documents the health of our food system, how it impacts our lives and why we must change the food environment. Read the full report here: https://foodfoundation.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/FF-Broken-Plate-2020-DIGITAL-FULL.pdf…
Author archives: Alice Baird
Never the Same Again? Addressing Poverty After the Pandemic
The Poverty Alliance conference this year will be a series of online sessions to explore different aspects of the impact of the pandemic on poverty. They are designed to open up and contribute to discussions about what we have learned during the pandemic and, most crucially, how we move forward, in the months and years …
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Covid-19 funding and beyond
A new charity fundraising hub has recently been launched. The hub includes easy-to-use tools and guidance, as well as checklists for grant applications. A series of webinars will also be streamed over the coming weeks. More information on the Ecclesiastical website.
Posted in CFHS updates, Covid-19, Funding news, News
Area of Work: Covid-19 information and resources
New funding strategy from The Robertson Trust
The Robertson Trust today launched its new funding strategy, which will focus on support for poverty and trauma. Details of funding streams will be available shortly. More information on the Robertson Trust website.
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Community and Third Sector Recovery Programme
The Community and Third Sector Recovery Programme is a £25m Scottish Government funded programme aiming to support charities, community groups, social enterprises and voluntary organisations that are supporting people and communities through the shift from lockdown to recovery. The Programme has two strands: Adapt and Thrive, which offers tailored, specialist advice, as well as grants and …
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Areas of Work: Covid-19 information and resources, Funding
Recent learning on food and food insecurity
The University of Hereford has published research on ‘Scottish food practices’, exploring household practices and use of dietary information. The findings will help inform Food Standards Scotland develop dietary guidelines. The research can be found on the University’s website. Another recent publication from BMC Public Health is research on the lived experience of long-term health condition management …
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#CommunityFoodNearMe
During the height of restrictions and now as we live with ongoing risk of Covid-19, the places we can walk or cycle to have become more important to us. Community support around food played, and will continue to play, a vital role. So whether an initiative continued to do what they normally do, changed and …
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Area of Work: Covid-19 information and resources
Re-starting cooking skills classes
Two experts have provided us with information in the last two weeks that will be useful to those considering re-starting cooking skills classes. The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) invited Professor Jason Leitch, the National Clinical Director to take part in a Q&A for voluntary sector organisations emerging from lock-down due to coronavirus. SCVO …
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Area of Work: Covid-19 information and resources
UK reports on food insecurity and diet during Covid-19
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has published a short series of reports from its Covid-19 consumer research. The reports include people’s lived experiences of food insecurity, and how Covid-19 changed people’s shopping, cooking and eating habits. You can read these reports on the FSA website. The University of Sheffield, King’s College London, Sustain and Churches Action …
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New reports from Public Health Scotland
Two new reports from Public Health Scotland should be of interest to Scotland’s community food initiatives. The COVID-19 Shielding Programme (Scotland) Impact and Experience Survey presents the findings of this online survey, which ran between 1 and 14 June 2020, was open to individuals who had received a letter from Scotland’s Chief Medical Officer advising them …