The CFHS Annual networking conference will take place on 3 November 2011 at the Carnegie Conference Centre in Dunfermline. This year the conference will focus on ‘where food sits within the wider health improvement and health inequalities agenda’. Delivering a workshop about community food and health work with participants around the conference theme will be …
Events and conferences
Healthy Eating Healthy Living Project evaluation launch
Friday 10 June Central Glasgow The Scottish Government funded Healthy Eating Healthy Living Project promotes healthy eating messages in an accessible way to adults with Learning Disabilities. This event will: Report on the results and learning from the six pilot sites; View and explore future use of resources and materials e.g. a DVD produced by …
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Maternal and Infant Nutrition Conference 2011
Tuesday 21 June9.30am – 4.15pmBeardmore Hotel, Clydebank This conference will bring together practitioners from the NHS, local authorities and the third sector who will be working together to implement the Improving Maternal and Infant Nutrition Framework. For more information contact lynn.soutar@nhs.net
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Beyond Smoothies
Tuesday 15 February 2011Albany Centre, Glasgow10 am to 3.15 pm (lunch provided) Places are still available at this free event. The aim of the event is to learn from other groups and agencies across Scotland that are carrying out food and health work with young people. The event will be based on workshops and aims …
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Stimulating the Taste
SCOFF (the Scottish Colloquium on Food and Feeding) in association with the Dept of Marketing, University of Strathclyde, is holding a workshop for anyone interested in food and the written word to come together to share their work and interest. The organisers would like to extend an invitation to anyone interesting in sharing their work …
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Scottish Grocers Federation’s ‘healthyliving’ programme training sessions
CFHS are running two Scottish Grocers Federation’s ‘healthyliving’ programme training sessions, on 30 September in Stirling, and 8 October in Rigside, South Lanarkshire. The training covers a range of topics including promoting fresh produce, presentation of fruit and vegetables, how to reduce waste, and seasonality, and is ideal for community food groups that are (or …
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Extending the reach
A workshop based development day for organisations looking to build their capacity to provide activities around food and health with minority ethnic communities. Wednesday 29 September 201010.00am – 4.00pmThe Albany Learning and Conference Centre, Glasgow The day will include: Workshops sharing practical experience from organisations working across the whole range of food work from growing …
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Food social enterprise network meeting
The second meeting of the community food social enterprise network is being held on 29 June from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Ore Valley Business Centre, Lochgelly, Fife. All community food initiatives that are, or aspire to become, social enterprises are invited. A light lunch is being provided. If you’d like to attend, please …