Two new publications about community retailing are now available. Strengthening the future of community retailing is an accessible summary of research carried out for us in 2016 by the University of Stirling’s Institute for Retail Studies. It looked at the sustainability of community retailing. It includes the research’s key findings and recommendations. Staying power compares the …
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New community retailing publications
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Area of Work: Community cafes and retailing
Community cooking skills – evidence and networking event
Thursday 15 March, 10:30 am – 3.15 pm, The Studio, Glasgow Our event will give participants the chance to hear about the evidence of the impact of cooking skills courses, with inputs from: – Professor Martin Caraher, City, University of London. What evidence do we have of the impact of community cooking skills courses? – The …
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Area of Work: Cookery skills
Guest blog – community-led research generates more than research knowledge
Our guest blog is from Lesley Greenaway, a free-lance evaluator and consultant. She has a PhD in Participative Evaluation, and is committed to building capacity for research and evaluation. What is distinct about community-led research is that it includes community members as active participants in the whole research process. This means finding ways to share decision-making in …
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Areas of Work: Information provision, Research and evaluation
Mapping food hubs in the UK- survey participants sought
Sustainable Food Cities and the Food Research Collaborative has commissioned research to map the types of food hubs that exist, or are planned, in the UK. If you are involved in a food hub, or in setting one up, the researchers are inviting you to complete a survey.
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New findings – what people think about reducing obesity in Scotland
NHS Health Scotland has released new findings about public-attitudes-to-reducing-obesity-in-Scotland. ScotCen Social Research’s Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, carried out in 2016, included a module of 40 questions (developed in consultation with NHS Health Scotland) to find out what people think about obesity and how to tackle it. The survey found that people did not always recognise obesity in themselves or others. But, most people …
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Community café self evaluation group – outcomes to evaluate impact
We have been working with a group of community cafes to look at self-evaluation. Together they have developed a list of community cafe outcomes to reflect the range of differences cafes can make for their customers, volunteers and community members. We shared these with workshop delegates at ‘Sharing Patter’, our annual networking conference in November 2017, who confirmed these outcomes reflected the …
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Areas of Work: Community cafes and retailing, Research and evaluation
New – tips for older vegetarians and vegans
Outside the Box has launched ‘Tips for older vegetarian and vegans’, as part of its Food Buddies programme. The tips include lots of suggestions, ideas and recipes for older people (including those affected by dementia) or for other that are supporting or working with older people. The publication can be accessed through this link: https://otbds.org/snowy-launch-tips-older-vegetarians-vegans/
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Area of Work: Older people
New community food resource for North Glasgow
Maryhill and Possilpark Citizens Advice Bureau and Woodlands Community Café have launched a new community food resource , ‘An Appetite for Sharing’. The resource aims to establish and develop links between community groups and emergency food aid providers to help combat the impacts of welfare reform. It includes a map and details of emergency food aid …
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Community retailers ‘sharing good practice’ session #2
CFHS is holding another ‘sharing good practice’ session for community retailers on 30 January in the Scottish Youth Theatre in Glasgow from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. (at the latest). Anyone running a food co-op, fruit and veg stall or fruit barra is very welcome to come along. The meeting’s being held to give everyone …
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Community Food Social Enterprise Network and community retailers ‘sharing good practice’ sessions
Grassmarket Community Project Edinburgh Senscot and CFHS are running two sessions on 7 March for community food social enterprises and community retailers. The morning session will discuss issues currently being experienced by community food social enterprises and agree future actions/supports in relation to sustainability and growth (funding, collaboration and enterprise). Partnership for Procurement (P4P team …