Due to a cancellation, we have a place available on the RSPH Diploma in Nutrition and Health course being run by the Nutrition Training Company in Glasgow from 11-15 June. Further …
CFHS updates
Microfunding – increasing access to local food
CFHS is looking for applications for funding from community food intiatives that want to increase access to locally grown fruit and vegetables in their communities. Groups can apply for up …
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Case Studies
CORE (Community Organisation for Race Equality) has developed a case study on their World Cafe. It covers the background and history of the World Cafe, the essential elements of the …
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Areas of Work: Community cafes and retailing, Minority ethnic communities
Maternal and infant nutrition
CFHS commissioned Rock Solid Social Research Ltd in partnership with Communicable Health to carry out research into how community food and health and voluntary organisations are carrying out activities that support …
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Areas of Work: Families with children, Research and evaluation
Linking community growers, retailers and caterers
Edinburgh Community Food (ECF) was funded by CFHS to follow up the research [PDF, 1292kb] carried out by Blake Stevenson last year, which looked at the feasibility of developing a produce supply chain …
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Area of Work: Community cafes and retailing
Strengthening food work with minority ethnic communities
Development funding for work on maternal and infant nutrition across minority ethnic communities in Scotland CFHS has a small amount of development funding available to support the development of good …
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Regional networking
CFHS and the Food and Health Alliance (FHA)- NHS Health Scotland, have been piloting regional networking events to improve links with food activity across the food chain. A food networking …
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Area of Work: Networking and learning development
Map of community retailing
CFHS is compiling a map of community retailers and would like to include as many community food co-ops, fruit and vegetable stalls and barras and community shops as we can. Our map, which can be found here, now contains over 140 community food retailers. If your community retailing outlet is missing, and you would like it included, please contact Anne.