Author archives: Alice Baird

Place Standard survey

NHS Health Scotland want to hear from organisations, groups and individuals who have used the Place Standard as well as from those who haven’t used the tool. Please complete this survey …

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Emergency food aid and community meals map

Urban Roots has recently launched a map showing the availability of community meals, community retailers and food banks in Glasgow. Find out more at https://www.urbanroots.org.uk/freefood/

Posted in Misc food and health, News |

One piece of the puzzle? What SCDC is learning about participation requests

Participation requests are a way for people to have their say about what improvements they would like to see made to public services they use. Community groups in Scotland have been …

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Hear Say

The CFHS annual networking conference will take place on Wednesday 24 October at the Carnegie Conference Centre in Dunfermline. Planning is going well for this latest event, with speakers confirmed …

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Eat Well Age Well Roadshows

The Eat Well Age Well team is currently touring across Scotland to promote its Small Ideas, Big Impact fund, which is due to launch on 1 October 2018. This fund …

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Matter of fact

With the latest Scottish Health Survey results due to include data from the three new food insecurity questions and research work ongoing across the UK, CFHS is delighted to be …

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CFHS blog – Bad mood soup: a personal take on how you feel affects what you cook

‘… and maybe that dish isn’t identical the next time you make it, as you use your emotions when you cook …’ Neil Forbes, Chef (from twitter) One of my …

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Better Start consultation: community retailers

Glasgow Community Food Network has organised a consultation event with the Better Start team in the Scottish Government. This event is specifically for community retailers – food coops, veg barras, …

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Mapping participation requests one year on

SCDC is still looking for responses to its short survey on participation requests. Participation requests are a new way for community groups and organisations to have their voices heard in …

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Tesco Bags of Help Programme

Applications for the Tesco Bags of Help Programme are invited in the Tesco Ellon, Blairgowrie, Monifeith and Oban store area. For Ellon, Blairgowrie and Monifeith – contact Rita Callander rita.callander@greenspacescotland.org.uk …

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