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.
CFHS updates
CFHS webinar: cash-first approaches to food insecurity
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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Area of Work: Food poverty and access
CFHS e-bulletin Summer 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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Area of Work: Information provision
June CFHS e-bulletin
Our June e-bulletin covers food strategies from different part of the UK, consultations, webinars and funding. Plus links to research reports on subsidising fruit and veg, food safety and food aid and the Weight of the Nation. You can access the June CFHS e-bulletin here.
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Area of Work: Information provision
CFHS May e-bulletin
Our May e-bulletin features a blog post from the Rowett institute – discussing how community food organisations managed to support families during the lockdowns. Also covered are how community food organisations are supporting Ukrainians arriving into Scotland, reports and plans covering Good Food Nation, obesity and food insecurity, as well as events, funding and consultations. …
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Area of Work: Information provision
Guest blog: Impact of the Covid-19 lockdowns in service providers’ perspectives of the food insecurity of families with school-age children in Scotland
David Watts and John McKenzie from the Rowett Institute, University of Aberdeen discuss findings from their research during the Covid pandemic: In 2021, with Scottish Government funding, we interviewed staff and volunteers working to provide emergency food supplies to families with school-age children during the Covid-19 lockdowns. We had two aims. First, to understand how …
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Area of Work: Covid-19 information and resources
CFHS April e-bulletin
Our latest e-bulletin tells you about our plans ahead as well as all the latest webinars, reports, funding and recordings. You can access the April e-bulletin here.
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Area of Work: Information provision
March e-bulletin
Our March e-bulletin includes information about linking your work to local policy as well as the latest events, training, consultations and reports. You can read our March e-bulletin here
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Area of Work: Information provision
CFHS February e-bulletin
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.