Author archives: Alice Baird

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 …

Posted in News, Websites |

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 …

Posted in News, Publications news |

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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National voluntary organisations 16b grants

National not-for-profit organisations in Scotland can apply now for Government funding to provide, promote or publicise health or health-related services. The Scottish Government’s Section 16b Grants scheme offers either one …

Posted in Funding news, News |

Community Facilities Social Enterprise Fund for 2014/15

Glasgow City Council is inviting applications to the Community Facilities Social Enterprise Fund for 2014/15. The aim of the Fund is to support local communities to make better use of …

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Supporting food and health work with adults with learning disabilities

We are currently making plans to develop part of our website to provide information about, and links to, quality accessible food and health resources or pictorial recipes.  These will be …

Posted in CFHS updates |

Community Food Fund

The closing date for applications for the next round of the Community Food Fund is Thursday 20 March. The Community Food Fund is financed by the Scottish Government and has been …

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Enterprise Ready Fund welcomes Third Sector bids

Third sector organisations from across Scotland are being invited to apply for grants of up to £250,000 from the Scottish Government’s Enterprise Ready Fund, established in early September to help …

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