A Good Food Nation Fund has been launched by the Scottish Government to support the vision and objectives of the national food policy. Open to third, public and private sectors, …
Author archives: Alice Baird
Cooking skills blog 16: practitioner guest blog –Gail Hutchison: reflecting on two very different approaches to managing and evaluating cooking courses
Gail is a member of the CFHS cooking skills study group on behalf of both NHS Forth Valley and Edinburgh Community Food. Her role at both is to manage and …
Posted in CFHS Blog, CFHS updates, Ideas about developing and running cooking skills courses, News
Areas of Work: Cookery skills, Information provision, Research and evaluation
CFHS community cafe visits
CFHS is holding three more community café learning visits, on 4, 12 and 19 October. The three community cafes hosting the visits – the Annexe Café, Windmills Café and Fly …
Posted in CFHS updates, News
Scottish Islands Federation survey
Scottish Islands Federation is a network of island community organisations that aims to share ideas and innovations between the islands as well as give a voice to some of the common …
Posted in Misc food and health, News
Living at the sharp end: CAB clients in crisis
New report from Citizens Advice Scotland looks in detail at the causes of gaps in income, particularly with regards to the benefits system; the impact of gaps in income on CAB …
Posted in News, Publications news
Polishing the Diamonds’: Addressing Adverse Childhood Experiences in Scotland
ScotPHN has recently published a report on Adverse Childhood Experience. The report is available on the ScotPHN website www.scotphn.net/projects/adverse-childhood-experiences/introduction/
Posted in News, Publications news
Chewing things over .. CFHS annual networking conference 2016
Wednesday 26 October 2016 Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh Food, health and inequality – taking a compassionate and dignified approach. Come and share your knowledge and experience, hopes and concerns, with volunteers, …
Posted in CFHS updates, Events and conferences, News
Area of Work: Networking and learning development
What did groups awarded Capacity Building Funding in 2015 do with their funding?
This short report outlines the activities undertaken by applicants to the CFHS capacity building fund in 2015.
Posted in CFHS updates
Area of Work: Funding
Climate Challenge Fund Development Grants
Development Grants are available from the Scottish Government’s Climate Challenge Fund to help community-led organisations develop an application for future climate action funding or to support peer-to-peer learning activities that …
Posted in Funding news, News
Chewing things over … CFHS annual networking conference 2016
Registration is now open for our annual networking event in Edinburgh on 26 October 2016. The conference programme is now available, together with details of the workshop sessions.