New report from the Scottish Food Coalition launches today http://is.gd/pggfBy
Author archives: Alice Baird
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
Cooking skills blog 2: research on involving children and their parents in cooking
Last November, my CFHS colleague, Jacqui McDowell, attended the COOK and Health Scientific Symposium held at the Basque Culinary Center in San Sebastian. This shared up-to-date academic knowledge on the relationships between cooking, eating behaviours and health. In this fortnight’s blog, I’ll highlight one piece of the research presented which focused on involving children and …
Posted in CFHS Blog, CFHS updates, Cooking skills research
Areas of Work: Cookery skills, Families with children, Information provision
Food poverty: Measuring, monitoring and making a difference
Following our recent seminar, “Food poverty: Measuring, monitoring and making a difference”, organised jointly with the Rowett Institute, the key speaker Prof Valerie Tarasuk, from the University of Toronto, has kindly given permission to make her fascinating presentation available for download.
Posted in CFHS updates, Events and conferences, News
Area of Work: Food poverty and access
Next community cafe learning visit
Booking is now open for places on CFHS’s latest community café learning visit on Friday 18 March. Running from 12 – 2.30 p.m., it includes visit to two cafes: CentrePoint Cafe in Gowkthrapple and NCT Centre in Newmains, both in North Lanarkshire. Places are available for anyone involved in setting up, running, managing or supporting …
Posted in CFHS updates, News
Area of Work: Community cafes and retailing
Eat Better Feel Better campaign update
The next phase of the Eat Better Feel Better (EBFB) campaign launched on 15 January, with more resources, roadshows and TV advertising taking place in the next few months. More information about what is happening near you is available in this stakeholder’s update as well as the EBFB website.
Posted in Misc food and health, News
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 …