CFHS, as part of NHS Health Scotland, works in close partnership with CHEX and VHS on the learning exchange programme. This programme aims to facilitate discussion and learning between civil servants and community/voluntary health organisations. A report is available on the pilot process and learning from 2012. The learning exchange programme has since continued with …
CFHS updates
Knowing Me, Knowing You: A Learning Exchange between national and local organisations
Also posted in Events and conferences, News
Area of Work: Networking and learning development
CFHS community cafe network funding
CFHS is inviting applications from groups of community cafes that want to set up a community café network or run joint promotional activities. Groups of cafes can apply for up to £1000. More details can be found here, or contact anne.gibson5@nhs.net
Also posted in Funding news, News
Area of Work: Community cafes and retailing
Emergency food aid: national learning exchange
Demands for emergency food aid are an emergent challenge for community food initiatives across Scotland. In February 2014, CFHS invited key individuals to share their experiences and understanding of supporting communities that are experiencing extreme food poverty and in need of emergency food aid. This is a complex and challenging agenda and there was broad recognition that …
Posted in CFHS updates
Area of Work: Food poverty and access
Community cafe networking event 26 June
Due to cancellations, there are a couple of places available for our community cafe event on Thursday 26 June. Contact anne.gibson5@nhs.net if you are interested in a place.
Also posted in Events and conferences, News
CFHS annual development fund is now open
Community Food and Health (Scotland) has an annual development fund open to groups and agencies in Scotland that would like to improve access to, and take up of, a healthy, varied and balanced diet. Funding from £500 to £3000 is available. The fund is now open for applications (until 8 August 2014). See our funding …
Also posted in News
CFHS annual networking conference 2014
This year’s national networking conference will take place on Wednesday 29 October at the Grand Central Hotel in Glasgow. About the event A national networking conference hosted by Community Food and Health (Scotland). A unique opportunity to network with community food colleagues. A day where people can learn and discuss national activity as well as local …
Also posted in Events and conferences, News
CFHS research project – do you run practical cooking skills activities for adults or young people?
Do you have cooking skills evaluation reports that are gathering dust and too few people to read them? If your answer is yes, please can you help us? 100s of groups and agencies across Scotland run cooking activities for people in low-income communities. But there is very little publically available written evidence about what difference …
Also posted in News
Areas of Work: Cookery skills, Research and evaluation
Evaluating impact programme
The CFHS evaluating impact programme is open to community food organisations working in low-income communities who work with older people to eat well, or within communities to address long-term issues of food poverty. The aim of the programme is to increase the amount of evidence on the difference made by community food initiatives (CFIs) in …
Also posted in Funding news, News
Area of Work: Funding
CFHS community cafe networking event 26 June 2014, Glasgow
This free CFHS event is open to anyone working in, managing, or supporting a community cafe, and will include opportunities to find out about Edinburgh Community Cafes network and the healthyliving award, and meet other community cafes. For more information contact anne.gibson5@nhs.net
Also posted in Events and conferences, News
Area of Work: Community cafes and retailing
CFHS annual networking conference 2014
Registration is now open for our annual networking conference to be held at the Central Hotel in Glasgow, on 29 October. The conference will be an opportunity for people to come together, learn from each other and share experience, evidence, hopes and concerns on all aspects of food, inequality and social justice. A day where …