The meeting will build on the roundtable discussion we had last December (notes from the meeting are available here) and will provide an opportunity to learn from research, policy and practical work and to discuss issues on implementing good practice with speakers and your colleagues. This is a small meeting (up to 30 people) Speakers …
Author archives: Alice Baird
Improving food and health for adults with learning disabilities – learning from policy and practice in the community
Posted in CFHS updates, Events and conferences, News
Area of Work: Learning disability
New Eatwell guide launched
Food Standards Scotland (FSS) today launches the new Eatwell Guide, which replaces the eatwell plate and shows people in Scotland how they can achieve a healthy balanced diet. See more at: www.foodstandards.gov.scot
Posted in News, Publications news
Emergency food aid: understand and act
Organisations across Scotland providing advice and support to people who may use emergency food aid, community food and health projects and statutory bodies with an interest in the issue are being asked to complete a survey being undertaken by the Poverty Alliance, on behalf of partners, all of whom are interested in better understanding the …
Posted in Funding news, News, Research and consultations
Area of Work: Food poverty and access
Cooking skills blog 4: Do you tailor (or target) your cooking skills courses to suit individual needs?
Our cooking skills study group has already met and agreed a list of outcomes that each of them will evaluate when they run their courses over the next six months. However, all members of the group run their cooking skills courses differently to each other, and they run each of their courses differently. They will …
Posted in CFHS Blog, CFHS updates, Ideas about developing and running cooking skills courses
Areas of Work: Cookery skills, Information provision
Plenty: Food, farming and health in a new Scotland
New report from the Scottish Food Coalition launches today http://is.gd/pggfBy
Posted in News, Publications news
Scottish Food Commission interim report now available
The report can be downloaded from the Scottish Government website. https://www2.gov.scot/Resource/0049/00494779.pdf
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Cooking skills blog 3: research on involving children in cooking
In this fortnight’s blog, I’ll look at two presentations from the COOK and Health Scientific Symposium held at the Basque Culinary Center in San Sebastian that my colleague Jacqui attended last November. Both suggested that involving children in hands-on cooking programmes can have a positive impact on their diet (at least in the short-term) and …
Posted in CFHS Blog, CFHS updates, Cooking skills research
Areas of Work: Cookery skills, Families with children, Information provision
Children’s Health Fund
The Children’s Health Fund is offering funding of grants between £500 to £5000 for projects that have innovative ideas that will promote or provide access to drinking water in public places where children and young people gather to learn and play. www.childrenshealthfund.org.uk
Posted in Funding news, News
The conversation with the people of Scotland
The conversation with the people of Scotland was an opportunity for Health Scotland to facilitate public engagement opportunities within a community setting. An opportunity for Health Scotland to capture opinion about a community people live, work and volunteer within, and a chance for the organisation to talk about a fairer, healthier Scotland with people in …
Posted in CFHS updates
Area of Work: Networking and learning development
Community cafe networking event, June 2015
What was it? The third Scottish-wide networking event for community café practitioners was held in June 2015. It was planned and run jointly by Community Food and Health (Scotland) or CFHS, Edinburgh Community Food (ECF) and members of Edinburgh Community Café Network (ECCN). The event took place in St Andrew and St George’s Church in …