Study tour to London, 1-3 October 2013. Approaches to improving food access/addressing food poverty with older people ‘The main thought that stayed with me the entire trip was – food is what sustains life, nourishes and connects us, threading its way through every part of daily life for older people, it is the universal vehicle for …
CFHS updates
Community food social enterprise network
CFHS is working with Senscot to support the community food social enterprise network (SEN). Membership of the SEN is open to any community food and health organisation that is, or is aspiring to be, a social enterprise. For more details, contact Anne.
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Area of Work: Social enterprise
Community-based organisations working with minority ethnic children, pregnant women and families – training in food, nutrition and health
Access to a balanced, healthy diet is important in the early years of life. Improving maternal and infant nutrition is a key priority in Scotland and there is evidence that more food and health work needs to be delivered within minority ethnic communities. Experience from community groups already suggests that food and health work with …
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Areas of Work: Families with children, Food and nutrition training, Minority ethnic communities
Promoting consistent nutrition messages
Promoting accurate and consistent information about healthy eating is fundamental to the work of community food initiatives. CFHS has provided a range of opportunities over recent years to support groups to build their confidence to promote messages about healthy eating. This support has mainly involved providing courses on the CFHS learning and development programme for …
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Area of Work: Food and nutrition training
Annual development fund
We distribute around £100,000 each year through our annual development fund (previously known as the annual small grants scheme. Groups and agencies can apply for between £500 and £3000 to develop healthy eating activities with or within low-income groups based in Scotland. The 2013 development fund is now closed. Details of successful applicants will be available shortly.. …
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Exploring food and families in East Lothian
CFHS and Edinburgh Napier University are collaborating with two community groups in East Lothian to explore family food practices for families with young children. This research will take place over the next few months and will involve speaking with parents to find out more about the role food plays in their family and what influences …
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Areas of Work: Families with children, Research and evaluation
Community cafes
In 2010/11 CFHS mapped community cafes across Scotland. A map of 40 of the cafes identified is now available. We also commissioned a research report [PDF, 952 kb], which looked in detail at the operation and management of 12 community cafes.
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Community-based food and health activity online searchable directory
Our previous directory (hard copy publication) was very well used in the past by other groups wanting to link up with others as well as other agencies wanting to target specific groups and areas across Scotland. Already our new online directory is being used similarly. So far we have had a very positive response from …
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Area of Work: Information provision
Community cookery skills
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 plan to run this new course with a range of peole from within low-income communities …