This video produced by SCDC and CHEX explores community capacity building and explains how it can help communities achieve the change they want to see. Click here to watch the …
Author archives: Alice Baird
Dignity
Following the launch of the Fair Food Fund on Monday, today saw the publishing of Dignity: Ending Hunger Together in Scotland, the report of the Independent Working Group on Food …
Posted in News, Publications news
Area of Work: Food poverty and access
Fair Food Transformation Fund
The Scottish Government is inviting applications for the Fair Food Transformation Fund from Monday 27 June 2016 until Monday 18 July 2016. The Fund is part of the £1 million-a-year Fair …
Posted in Funding news
Research – factors affecting the sustainability of community retailing
In 2015 CFHS commissioned research to identify the factors that affect the sustainability of community retailers (food co-ops, fruit and vegetable stalls and barras and community shops). The research was …
Posted in CFHS updates, News
Areas of Work: Community cafes and retailing, Research and evaluation
Community cafe learning visits
CFHS is planning more community cafe learning visits this year. The visits give community cafe practitioners opportunities to find out about other community cafes, meet others working in, running or …
Posted in CFHS updates, Events and conferences, News
Area of Work: Community cafes and retailing
Booking now available for CFHS community cafe networking event September 2016
Community Food and Health (Scotland) is holding another community café networking event on Thursday 1 September, in the Pearce Institute in Glasgow from 11 am to 3.30 pm. Anyone working …
Posted in CFHS updates, Events and conferences, News
Area of Work: Community cafes and retailing
SCDC consultation on participation requests
SCDC is inviting community groups and networks, and people who work with communities, to give their views on Participation Requests. The consultation will inform the Scottish Government’s development of regulations …
Posted in News, Research and consultations
Cooking skills blog 5: Does your group eat together at the end of a cooking skills session?
How do you decide what to do with the food that has been cooked? Should participants take the food home (to share with others, or eat later) or is it …
Posted in CFHS Blog, CFHS updates, Ideas about developing and running cooking skills courses
Areas of Work: Cookery skills, Information provision
Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act – Register your interest for SCDC’s consultation on participation requests
SCDC is inviting anyone from community groups and networks, and people working with communities, to give their views on participation requests. The Scottish Government is consulting on the regulations to …
Posted in News, Research and consultations
One Stop Carriers for Causes Grants Programmes
This funding programme offers grants to local non-profit organisations and groups for projects within two miles of a One Stop store in Great Britain that benefit local communities by helping …