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 …
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CFHS community cafe networking event 26 June 2014, Glasgow
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Area of Work: Community cafes and retailing
Human rights based approaches to food poverty
CFHS is recruiting people involved in community food initiatives in Scotland to join an enquiry into human rights based approaches to food poverty. We are looking for a group of …
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Area of Work: Food poverty and access
Lunch clubs – good practice examples
Lunch clubs are a key piece in the jigsaw of services that support older people to eat well. Many are organised and run by older people themselves. The ODS research …
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Area of Work: Older people
Second Helpings
This CFHS national learning exchange on food, mental health and wellbeing was held on Wednesday March 5, 10.00 – 3.45 at Discovery Point in Dundee with a focus on self-evaluation …
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Areas of Work: Mental health and wellbeing, Networking and learning development
Supporting food and health work with adults with learning disabilities
We are currently making plans to develop part of our website to provide information about, and links to, quality accessible food and health resources or pictorial recipes. These will be …
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Emergency food aid: learning from current experiences
Increasingly community food initiatives across Scotland are responding to demands for emergency food aid for those experiencing the most severe effects of food poverty. The provision of emergency food parcels …
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Area of Work: Food poverty and access
Evaluation learning exchanges
We are offering organisations the opportunity to book a place for one of our Evaluation Learning Exchange days. Each day will have a similar format, reflecting together and sharing learning …
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Area of Work: Networking and learning development
Investing in the availability of the new REHIS Elementary Cooking Skills course
CFHS has recently provided funding for 13 groups and agencies to run the new, nationally accredited cooking skills course (accredited by the Royal Environmental Health Insitute of Scotland or REHIS). Successful applicants …
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Areas of Work: Cookery skills, Funding
CFHS commission Cyrenians Good Food to adapt Good Food Handbook
We have recently commissioned the Cyrenians Good Food programme to adapt a selection of its Good Food Handbook recipes to support the availability of pictorial recipes. These will be available …
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Areas of Work: Information provision, Learning disability
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 …