CFHS updates

Cash-first: Towards Ending the Need for Food Banks in Scotland: plan

Posted: June 6, 2023

A commitment to a ‘cash-first’ approach to tackling food insecurity is at the heart of a new Scottish Government plan to reduce the need for people to turn to food banks. The plan sets out nine actions which will be taken over the next three years to improve responses to food insecurity. The role of …

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CFHS e-bulletin May 2023

Posted: June 1, 2023

Our latest e-bulletin has information on community food organisation activities, and news from UK and Scottish Government, new reports and latest events and funding. You can access the e-bulletin here.

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Learning from collaborating with or within the community food sector

Posted: April 27, 2023

We recently provided funding for organisations in three local authority areas to support our pilot learning collaboration project. The aim of this project is to support increased collaboration locally and to make a difference across all three of our Community Food National Reference group’s priority areas of work. These are: supporting ‘cash first’ responses to …

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CFHS e-bulletin April 2023

Posted: April 27, 2023

Our latest e-bulletin has details of our pilot learning collaboration project, as well as news on policy, funding, and forthcoming events and recent reading and podcasts. You can access the e-bulletin here.

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CFHS March e-bulletin

Posted: March 27, 2023

Our latest e-bulletin includes the latest health, poverty and diet reports, what community food initiatives are doing as well as events, recordings and funding. The e-bulletin is available here. 

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CFHS February e-bulletin

Posted: February 20, 2023

Our latest e-bulletin provides an update on how community organisations are adapting their cooking activities to the rise in energy costs, as well as the latest reports, webinars and recordings. You can read our February e-bulletin here.

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CFHS January e-bulletin

Posted: January 24, 2023

Our latest e-bulletin provides information about what’s happening in the community food sector as well the latest events, webinars, reports and recordings. The CFHS e-bulletin is available here.

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CFHS webinar: cash-first approaches to food insecurity

Posted: November 30, 2022

Update 30 November 2022 – webinar recording available What can community food initiatives do to prevent food insecurity and promote cash-first responses? In the last few years, many community food initiatives and food aid organisations have tried to get beyond providing food aid by redirecting people to services that provide income maximisation support such as …

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Funded pilot opportunity – collaborating to build a stronger community food sector and tackle health inequalities and poverty

Posted: November 28, 2022

Update 13 December 2022 We have received all the Expressions of Interest and have now invited five groups to take part in the final application process for this funding opportunity. ___________________________________________________________________ We want a more joined up, coherent and sustainable community food[1] sector to support access to, and take-up of, affordable, nutritious, sustainable[2] and culturally …

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CFHS e-bulletin Summer 2022

Posted: August 26, 2022

The bumper Summer edition of our e-bulletin is full of news, resources, events, and funding opportunities. It also has details of our forthcoming webinar, Cash-First Approaches to Food Insecurity. You can access the e-bulletin here.

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