Delegates thoroughly enjoyed the CFHS national networking conference held at COSLA conference centre, Edinburgh on 31 October. Delegates included community food initiative workers, people from community gardens, volunteers, NHS staff, planners, policy makers and researchers. The conference was an excellent opportunity for people to come together and discuss food, health inequalities and social justice. Highlights …
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Community retailing
CFHS continues to work with the Scottish Grocers Federation (SGF) to roll out the SGF ‘Healthy Living’ programme’s training and resources to community food retailers – co-ops, outlets and shops. During 2013-14, we will be running further training for community food retailers, to help them maximise sales and minimise waste. Details will be posted on our …
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Selling fruit and vegetables in hospitals and health centres
CFHS’s publication about community food initiatives retailing in hospitals [PDF 903 kb] is now available. In early January 2010 CFHS hosted a roundtable discussion about food co-ops and stalls operating in hospitals and health centres. A short report from the discussion [PDF 80 kb], describing the successes, challenges and ideas for best practice is also available. If …
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Area of Work: Community cafes and retailing
Healthy Start pilot integrated approach
CFHS, in partnership with NHS Forth Valley, has completed a pilot using an integrated approach to promote increased awareness of the Healthy Start scheme, Healthy Start vitamins and the benefits of the voucher scheme in accessing fresh fruit and vegetables. The pilot was delivered in Camelon and the Falkirk Braes areas. The main objective was engaging and supporting existing …
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Areas of Work: Families with children, Food poverty and access
Community cookery skills
Investing in the availability of the new REHIS Elementary Cooking Skills course CFHS has recently provided funding for 13 groups and agencies to run the new, nationally accredited cooking skills course (accredited by the Royal Environmental Health Insitute of Scotland or REHIS). Successful applicants plan to run this new course with a range of peole from within low-income communities …
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A focus on older people
Study tour to London, 1-3 October 2013. Approaches to improving food access/addressing food poverty with older people ‘The main thought that stayed with me the entire trip was – food is what sustains life, nourishes and connects us, threading its way through every part of daily life for older people, it is the universal vehicle for …
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Community food social enterprise network
CFHS is working with Senscot to support the community food social enterprise network (SEN). Membership of the SEN is open to any community food and health organisation that is, or is aspiring to be, a social enterprise. For more details, contact Anne.
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Area of Work: Social enterprise
Community-based organisations working with minority ethnic children, pregnant women and families – training in food, nutrition and health
Access to a balanced, healthy diet is important in the early years of life. Improving maternal and infant nutrition is a key priority in Scotland and there is evidence that more food and health work needs to be delivered within minority ethnic communities. Experience from community groups already suggests that food and health work with …
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Areas of Work: Families with children, Food and nutrition training, Minority ethnic communities
Promoting consistent nutrition messages
Promoting accurate and consistent information about healthy eating is fundamental to the work of community food initiatives. CFHS has provided a range of opportunities over recent years to support groups to build their confidence to promote messages about healthy eating. This support has mainly involved providing courses on the CFHS learning and development programme for …
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Area of Work: Food and nutrition training
Regional networking
CFHS and the Food and Health Alliance (FHA)- NHS Health Scotland, have been piloting regional networking events to improve links with food activity across the food chain. A food networking event took place on 1 May in Galashiels in collaboration with NHS Scottish Borders and Scottish Borders Council. The event focused on showcasing food activities …