Sustain: the Alliance for Food and Farming has produced a new food co-ops toolkit to help communities set up their own food co-ops and buying groups. The toolkit aims to provide an overview of the important things you need to think about when setting up and running a food co-op. The toolkit is only available …
Author archives: Alice Baird
Economic evaluation: call for expressions of interest
In response to identified need, Community Food and Health (Scotland) is currently supporting two economic evaluations of community food and health projects. One of these projects is the Edinburgh Community Food Initiative (ECFI) Happy Jack Project, funded by the Sure Start Programme through The City of Edinburgh Council. We are currently seeking expressions of interest …
Posted in CFHS updates
Healthy Weight Communities trial launched
Public Health Minister Shona Robison has launched a trial programme to bring whole communities, towns or cities together to eat more healthily and be more active in addressing childhood obesity. Eight sites will take part in the programme: Dundee, Dumfries, SW Glasgow, North and East Ayrshire, West Lothian, North Lanarkshire and East Renfrewshire. This trial …
Posted in Policy news
The Missing Ingredients: what we are learning and what we need to do about food, health and homeless
This free event, co-hosted by Community Food and Health (Scotland) and Edinburgh Cyrenians, is an opportunity for those responsible for developing strategy to engage in dialogue with those who carry out food and health work with people affected by homelessness across Scotland and those who benefit directly from this work. The event takes place at …
Posted in Events and conferences
CFHS annual networking conference 2009
Our annual networking conference takes place on 22 October at Carnegie Conference Centre in Dunfermline. This year we would like to offer you the opportunity to lead a workshop for up to 25 participants. We particularly encourage and welcome workshops led by volunteers and participants who have benefitted from food and health activitiies. Further information …
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Community Empowerment Plan
The Scottish Government has launched its community empowerment action plan, which builds on its joint statement with CoSLA on community empowerment in 2008. The action plan sets out a range of new and practical actions that underpin the process of community empowerment. New initiatives include a participatory budgeting pilot and an investment in the community …
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Growing Communities in Scotland Travel Bursaries
‘Growing Communities in Scotland’ is a Big Lottery funded Partnership between Trellis, FCFCG and the Allotments Regeneration Initiative. The Growing Communities partnership is launching its ’ Sites Visits Travel Bursary’ funded by the Big Lottery. This will be open to anyone actively engaged in community or therapeutic gardens or city farms that wishes to go …
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Issue 3 of Engage now available
Issue 3 of Engage, the magazine for the Meeting the Shared Challenge support programme, is now available from the NHS Health Scotland website www.healthscotland.com/uploads/documents/9519-HSC0023%20Engage3_WEB.PDF
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SROI update
The SROI (Social Return on Investment) project website has been updated with new materials, case studies, an information leaflet and a downloadable Guide to SROI. Dates have also been confirmed for free SROI workshops. More information is available from www.socialimpactscotland.org.uk