Food Safety Week is a national food hygiene campaign which this year runs from the 16 June to the 22 June. The campaign offers an excellent opportunity for promotion of …
Author archives: Alice Baird
CHEX policy briefing on the integration of health and social care
CHEX has produced a briefing summing up the recently-passed Public Bodies (Joint Working ) (Scotland) Bill and the implications/opportunities for community-led health. At the end of February 2014, the Scottish …
Posted in Misc food and health, News, Policy news
New pictorial recipes available
The Edinburgh Cyrenians Good Food Programme has completed a new CFHS-funded, online pictorial recipe book for people who have difficulty reading a standard text-based recipe. It contains 16 recipes, including …
Posted in News, Publications news
Area of Work: Learning disability
Human rights based approaches to food poverty
CFHS is recruiting people involved in community food initiatives in Scotland to join an enquiry into human rights based approaches to food poverty. We are looking for a group of …
Posted in CFHS updates, News
Area of Work: Food poverty and access
Cut food waste, save money and help the environment
Scotland throws away 630,000 tonnes of food and drink from our homes every year and most of this could have been eaten. Reducing this waste would save £470 a year …
Posted in Misc food and health, News
Social Enterprise Networks website
This new website from Senscot provides news updates from the Social Enterprise Networks and features useful case studies on the work of social enterprise in Scotland. The recently added Changing Local …
Food for Thought Fund
Phase Two of the Food for Thought Fund is now open for all early years and primary establishments to apply for up to £5000.00 to undertake food related projects linked to …
Posted in Funding news, News
New briefing paper from Carnegie UK Trust
A new guide to help charities better prepare their organisations ahead of the referendum result in September has been recently launched by the Carnegie UK Trust. The referendum guide, produced …
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Stovies Reloaded
The Rowett Institute of Nutrition and Health has recently published ‘Stovies Reloaded’ a light-hearted take on traditional Scottish recipes and how they can be adapted in the light of increased …
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CFHS community cafe networking event 26 June 2014, Glasgow
This free CFHS event is open to anyone working in, managing, or supporting a community cafe, and will include opportunities to find out about Edinburgh Community Cafes network and the healthyliving award, and meet …