The deadline for applying to our Capacity Building Fund has been extended to Monday 15 February. Groups running community food and health activities can apply for up to £500 to …
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CFHS capacity building fund – deadline extended
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Areas of Work: Food and nutrition training, Funding
Community cafe learning visits
Following the success of previous visits, CFHS is running further community café learning visits this year. These are open to anyone involved in running or setting up a community café. …
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Areas of Work: Community cafes and retailing, Networking and learning development
CFHS annual networking conference 2015
The CFHS annual networking conference took place at the end of October in Perth. Thank you to those who attended and participated in the day making the day what it …
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Area of Work: Networking and learning development
CFHS development funding schemes now closed
The CFHS development funding schemes are now closed to applications Our capacity building fund is still taking applications. Please visit the Funding section for more information.
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Area of Work: Funding
New CFHS cooking skills group
Would you like to be part of a new CFHS 18-month long cooking skills study group? The group will work together to discuss and critically appraise the approaches they use …
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Area of Work: Cookery skills
Capacity building fund
Our capacity building fund for 2015 is aimed at groups and organisations running food and health activities in low-income areas that want to develop and strengthen their organisation. Groups can …
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Area of Work: Food and nutrition training
Research – exploring the impacts of community retailing
CFHS is commissioning research to explore the economic, social and environmental impacts that community retailers are bringing to the communities they work with and within, and if and how, they …
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Areas of Work: Community cafes and retailing, Food poverty and access, Research and evaluation
CFHS event: community cooking skills activities in Scotland
Around 40 people attended this Community Food and Health (Scotland) half-day event on June 18 in Glasgow. The audience heard from: Avril Blamey, consultant, who carried out research for CFHS …
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Area of Work: Cookery skills
Community cafe networking event – some pics
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Area of Work: Community cafes and retailing
NHS Health Scotland’s organisational statement on food poverty
NHS Health Scotland has today published its organisational position statement on food poverty. The purpose of the paper is to outline NHS Health Scotland’s position on food poverty in Scotland. …