‘Take Five’ was the fifth national community café networking event run by/with Community Food and Health (Scotland). Around 30 people took part. Our event was held in City of Edinburgh …
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‘Take Five’ national community cafe networking event, 28 September 2017
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Area of Work: Community cafes and retailing
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 …
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Area of Work: Community cafes and retailing
New community retailing publications
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 …
Also posted in News, Publications news
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 …
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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 …
Also posted in CFHS Blog, Recruiting and working with vulnerable groups
Areas of Work: Information provision, Research and evaluation
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 …
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Areas of Work: Community cafes and retailing, Research and evaluation
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). …
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Capacity Building Fund – extended closing date
We have some funding remaining in our Capacity Building Fund. The closing date for applying has been extended to Friday 26 January. If you want to apply, please read the Fund’s …
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Interested in a community cafe network for Glasgow?
CFHS is holding a meeting on 30 November to explore interest in setting up a community cafe network in Glasgow. Anyone involved in or with a community cafe operating in the city …
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Capacity building fund 2016/17 – feedback from funding recipients
About the Capacity Building Fund Community Food and Health (Scotland) launched the Capacity Building Fund in 2015. The purpose of the Fund was to provide small amounts of funding (up to …