Across Scotland community food initiatives are making a difference. Through improved access to food, communities address health inequalities and improve the health of individuals and families. FREE 24-hour learning eventLuncthime 23 August to lunchtime 24 AugustNew Lanark Mill Hotel, New Lanark Places are still available at this reconvened 24 hour learning event on evidencing impact. …
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Expressions of Interest sought: delivering training on community engagement training
CFHS is seeking Expressions of Interest to deliver training on community engagement. Full details are available in the Current Work section
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Expressions of Interest sought: What is the impact of the CFHS small grants scheme?
CFHS is seeking expressions of interest for a research project to establish the impact of our annual small grants scheme beyond the evaluation of the funded activities. Full details of this research project are available in the Current Work section
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An introduction to social impact and how you measure it
A few places are still available on this one-day workshop, being held on Wednesday 10 March. The workshop is being run by the Social Enterprise Academy for CFHS. If you want to measure the social, economic and environmental impact that your services have on the communities and individuals that you work with, then this workshop …
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Development of a Healthy Weight Outcomes Framework: a contribution from community food initiatives
Community Food and Health (Scotland) and NHS Health Scotland are collaborating to host an event that provides an exciting opportunity for community food initiatives to contribute to the development of this outcomes framework. The event will be held on Wednesday 17 March at the Scottish Book Trust in Edinburgh. Further information and a booking form …
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Edition 50 of Fare Choice now available
This month our quarterly newsletter, Fare Choice, reaches its 50th edition and looks back at initiatives featured in the first edition and how they have managed to sustain their activities. Fare Choice is available to download now from the Publications Library.
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CFHS annual networking conference open for bookings
Booking forms are now available for this year’s annual networking conference, Going Forth, to be held at the Carnegie Conference Centre on 22 October. Please visit the Current Work section for more details.
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2010 small grants scheme now open
We are delighted to open the 2010 annual small grant scheme. Groups and agencies working with or within low-income groups in Scotland are welcome to apply for grants between £500 to £4,000 to develop healthy eating activities. Further information and details of how to apply are available in the Funding Section.