Building a more resilient community food sector: How can we make the case for community food work? On 3rd December we ran our second community food online peer session. The session aimed to provide an informal non-judgemental networking and discussion space for people working within the community food sector and those supporting them. During the introduction we covered …
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CFHS e-bulletin November 2025
Our latest e-bulletin features information about our next online peer session two, PHS work with Nesta on shaping healthy environments, as well as news and events, resources and information on community food and health related topics. You can view the November e-bulletin here.
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Do you run a food business in Scotland?
The new Food Standards Scotland (FSS) website can help with a range of things, from legal compliance and allergy advice to labelling and the Food Hygiene Information Scheme. Find guidance, tools and resources on the new FSS site.
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Obesity
This half-day online course hosted by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (RCPE) in collaboration with Obesity Action Scotland is aimed at anyone interested in public health, clinical practice, or policy-making around obesity. 20 January 2026 1 pm – 4.45 pm Online (£135) More information on the RCPE website.
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What works in community-led health and wellbeing in underserved communities
Join the Health Creation Alliance as they share insights from a three year research project exploring how community organisations create real health and wellbeing impact. 15 December 2025 2 pm – 3.30 pm Online More information and registration on the eventbrite website.
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The Plant Based Revolution in Denmark
The second of the new mini-series of Quick Bites webinars from the Food Foundation highlighting inspiring food policy stories from around the world. 11 December 2025 5 pm Online More information and registration at this Zoom link.
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Online networking with the Scottish Alliance for Food
Join SCAF at the latest of this series of group-based speed networking events to make new connections and collaborators and gain new insights and develop new ideas. 9 December 2025 6 pm Online More information and registration here.
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Fairer Funding Pilot feedback survey: research findings
The Scottish Government has recently published findings from a survey of third sector organisations participating in the Fairer Funding Pilot. The Fairer Funding pilot was initiated in February 2025 and aimed to improve the way government provided funding to the third sector, recognising that the third sector needs clarity and stability to secure its resilience. …
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Good Food Scotland’s evolving Community Supermarket Model
About the Good Food Scotland (GFS) model I recently visited Threehills Community Supermarket and cafe, run by Good Food Scotland (GFS) in Nitshill. This post highlights GFS’s approach to the evolving social/community supermarket model and the use of donated food as well as GFS’s partnerships with local housing associations and links with the local community. …