Participants on the study tour to London in October 2013 agreed when they got back to Scotland to set up this group to develop a national focus on food and …
Author archives: Alice Baird
CFHS annual networking conference 2014
Registration is now open for our annual networking conference to be held at the Central Hotel in Glasgow, on 29 October. The conference will be an opportunity for people to …
Posted in CFHS updates, Events and conferences, News
Area of Work: Networking and learning development
Knowing Me, Knowing You: A Learning Exchange between national and local organisations
CFHS, as part of NHS Health Scotland, works in close partnership with CHEX and VHS on the learning exchange programme. This programme aims to facilitate discussion and learning between civil …
Posted in CFHS updates, Events and conferences, News
Area of Work: Networking and learning development
NHS Health Scotland’s Annual Review
NHS Health Scotland’s Annual Review will take place on Tuesday, 30 September 2014 from 10am – 3 pm at the Hub, Castlehill, Edinburgh. NHS Health Scotland highly values stakeholder involvement …
Posted in Events and conferences, News
Mealmakers launches
Just 10 months after our study tour to London, Mealmakers, based on one of the initiatives we met, the Casserole Club, launched in Scotland on 4 August. After months of …
Posted in Misc food and health, News, Websites
Area of Work: Older people
Survey on purchasing habits of community food organisations
SAC food & drink consultancy is carrying out a piece of work in Glasgow, investigating how community food organisations source and purchase produce to identify best practices which can be …
Posted in Misc food and health, News
People’s Health Trust Active Communities open in South West Scotland
Local not-for-profit groups in South West Scotland have until 27 August to apply for funding from the Active Communities funding programme. Using money raised by HealthEngage through The Health Lottery, …
Posted in Funding news, News
CFHS community cafe network funding
CFHS is inviting applications from groups of community cafes that want to set up a community café network or run joint promotional activities. Groups of cafes can apply for up …
Posted in CFHS updates, Funding news, News
Area of Work: Community cafes and retailing
Supporting healthy choices
Following last week’s launch of Becoming a Good Food Nation the Scottish Government and Food Standards Agency today launched Supporting Healthy Choices, which specifically looks at the role of the food …
Posted in News, Policy news
Human rights based approaches to food poverty
Twenty-six people have signed up to be involved in this group which is meeting to develop and understanding of human rights approaches to food poverty and what they might mean …