The Community and Third Sector Recovery Fund is continuing to provide grants, including to organisations providing support with food. For more information and to apply visit: https://scvo.scot/support/coronavirus/funding/scottish-government
Author archives: Kim Newstead
The Community and Third Sector Recovery Fund is still open
Posted in Covid-19, Covid-19, News
Areas of Work: Covid-19 information and resources, Funding
Social Renewal for Scotland
The Social Renewal Advisory Board was set up by Scottish Ministers to make proposals to renew Scotland as we emerge from the pandemic. The Board spoke with people and communities across Scotland to shape its ‘Calls to Action’, which are based around three principles: Money and Work, People, Rights and Advancing Equality, and Communities and …
January e-bulletin
Our latest COVID-19 e-bulletin is now available, giving you information on how community food initiatives are coping with the current lock-down. News about CFIs, research, funding and guidance updates. You can access the e-bulletin here.
Posted in CFHS updates, News
Areas of Work: Covid-19 information and resources, Information provision
COVID-19 Scottish Government SMS shielding service and national helpline
UPDATE 4 June 2020 The Scottish Government website includes a COVID-19 section with guidance on support, information, food and other essentials for individuals, as well as a wide range of sectors. This week, the Scottish Government launched a National Assistance Helpline for people who are over 70 or receive the flu vaccine for medical reasons, …
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Area of Work: Covid-19 information and resources
COVID-19: Scottish Government support for community food responses
UPDATE: 12 May 2020 Next round of funding from the Wellbeing Fund is now open to applications until 12 noon on 22 May 2020. UPDATE: 17 April 2020: Wellbeing Fund Community organisations looking for funding to support their food activities at this time should register an expression of interest to the Wellbeing Fund now. The …
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Area of Work: Covid-19 information and resources
COVID-19: Guidance for community food organisations
The Scottish Government Food Insecurity Team have provided guidance for community food initiatives (CFIs), which covers information on: How CFIs can help: the Scottish Welfare Fund and use of vouchers; staff, volunteer and service user safety; food supply; maintaining dignity whilst providing food aid; food safety; and details about how to contact this Scottish Government …
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Area of Work: Covid-19 information and resources
COVID-19: General public health advice, resources and food safety
UPDATE: 17 April 2020. The Food Standards Agency recently produced guidance for Covid-19 guidance for food businesses and their employees. The UK government has also provided comprehensive advice for food businesses. NHS Forth Valley have produced a useful video on providing shopping to people in your community safely. For the most up to date health …
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Area of Work: Covid-19 information and resources
What do researchers talk about when they talk about cooking skills courses?
I was recently lucky enough to attend and present the results of our realist evaluation of cooking skills courses at a conference in Lisbon. This was the 3rd COOK and Health international conference and was attended by around 60 researchers, all of whom, like me, were enthusiastic about cooking skills. So what did we have …
Posted in CFHS Blog, CFHS updates, Cooking skills research
Area of Work: Cookery skills
“Community anchor” – big or small? What’s in this term for community food initiatives to think about?
“Community anchor” has become a bit of a cool term, to describe the stature and relevance of organisations within a community to funders and policy makers. Alongside “anchor organisation” and “anchor institution” (see box insert) this jargon is doing the rounds, and though the language is not new[1], I wonder if we all mean the …
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Area of Work: Information provision
Voluntary Health Scotland survey on vaccine hesitancy
VHS is carrying out important research across the third sector to help ensure that the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine doesn’t widen the health inequalities gap by missing vulnerable groups. VHS are keen to ensure that the opportunity to get vaccinated is made as easy as possible for everyone in Scotland, including those who are …