This new project aims to capture and share the good practices that have emerged during the Covid-19 pandemic, and find ways to embed and build on them. If you work for a local authority, public service, community group or simply have a story to share, they would be interested to hear from you.
CFHS updates
Shifting the Balance of Community Power
Also posted in Covid-19, News, Research and consultations
Area of Work: Covid-19 information and resources
Response, Recovery and Resilience Fund
This fund is now open for its second phase, focussing on Recovery. Grants from £1000 to £5000 are available for charities and constituted community groups that have been impacted by the Coronavirus pandemic.
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Area of Work: Covid-19 information and resources
Scottish Government recommendations on Vitamin D
Vitamin D is required for maintaining good bone health. Our main source comes from sunlight. Current advice is that everyone should consider taking a daily 10 microgram supplement of vitamin D. Some people are at higher risk of vitamin D deficiency and it is recommended that these people take a daily supplement. This includes: All …
Scotland’s food system and Covid-19
The Scottish Food Coalition wants to hear about the impact on the ground of the Covid-19 crisis on Scotland’s food system. It is looking for stories 100-200 words with one picture, or a 1-1.5 min video, sharing your exerience of the Covid-19 emergency and its effect on the food system. Visit the Scottish Food Coalition …
Charity Survival Fund
This £10m Fund from the Julia and Hans Rausing Trust will provide core funding to help charities, especially small and medium sized, to offset lost income in the current financial year due to the Covid-19 crisis. More information and details of how to apply on the Trust website.
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The right foundations – new CHEX briefing
Our colleagues at CHEX have produced a new briefing on how we can use the community-led response to Covid-19 to help build back better in Scotland. CHEX, part of SCDC, highlights how the reaction to coronavirus has shown what is possible in terms of radically shifting our emphasis towards the things that really matter. You can …
A snapshot of Covid-19, food insecurity and community food initiatives: What happened and what can we learn?
About the snapshot In March 2020, the community and voluntary, private and public sectors responded to the Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent lock-down. Community food initiatives either closed because of lock-down restrictions and others rapidly changed their services to meet a rise in the need for food delivery or food aid services. This snapshot attempts to …
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Areas of Work: Covid-19 information and resources, Food poverty and access
CFHS blog: Food insecurity research conference – learning from across the globe
We recently attended the second ENUF (Evidence and Network on UK Household Food Insecurity) UK conference on research, food and poverty. Around 200 people attended this virtual conference, including a good mix of people from academia, public health and community food projects. This two day conference covered many topics. In this blog we provide a …
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Areas of Work: Covid-19 information and resources, Food poverty and access
COVID-19: Food, diet and healthy weight: community-centred ideas for Scotland’s whole system recovery
This webinar organised by Obesity Action Scotland and Public Health Scotland explored how advocates, strategists, and practitioners might yet place communities at the heart of the decisions that determine their diet and healthy weight. It featured Corinna Hakes, Kelly McBride, Kevin Ditcham and Lesley Forsyth, and explored three recent case studies to find lessons that …
PHINS webinar series
GCPH and Public Health Scotland are hosting three separate, but linked, online webinars, which focus on the impact of, the context to, and the emergence from, the COVID-19 pandemic. 10am 3rd Sept, 17th Sept and 1st Oct.