Supported by Scottish Government and the Food Standards Agency Scotland, the Healthier Scotland Cooking Bus is offering FREE practical cooking sessions throughout the Commonwealth Games to community groups and organisations. www.focusonfood.org/news_reader?id=41 .
Misc food and health
Volunteer Week
Our friends at Food Train Renfrewshire have produced this video for Volunteer Week
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CHEX policy briefing on the integration of health and social care
CHEX has produced a briefing summing up the recently-passed Public Bodies (Joint Working ) (Scotland) Bill and the implications/opportunities for community-led health. At the end of February 2014, the Scottish Parliament passed the Bill, which sets out the legislative framework for integrating health and social care in Scotland. This CHEX briefing is intended to summarise …
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Cut food waste, save money and help the environment
Scotland throws away 630,000 tonnes of food and drink from our homes every year and most of this could have been eaten. Reducing this waste would save £470 a year for the average household – almost £40 every month. That’s why a new campaign from the Scottish Government is encouraging people across Scotland to cut …
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Human rights
“A Scotland where everyone is able to live with human dignity” is the vision of Scotland’s National Action Plan for Human Rights launched on 10 December, International Human Rights day. A Human Rights Action Group on the standard of living engaging “with people directly affected to ensure actions are informed by lived experiences” is one …
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Commonwealth Games Food Charter launched
Glasgow 2014 today unveiled its Commonwealth Games Food Charter that all appointed caterers to the event will be required to sign up to. https://www.foodanddrink.scot
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Plunkett Scotland launches new Frontline service to Scottish rural communities
The Plunkett Foundation is launching its new service to promote community ownership and co-operative enterprise in Scotland. Funded by the Prince’s Countryside Fund and managed by Plunkett Scotland, the new service will inspire rural communities to create community enterprises to improve access to rural services in Scotland.
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Community Retailing Network merges with Plunkett Foundation
As of 1st January, the Community Retailing Network (CRN), which has worked across Scotland since 2004 supporting community-owned shops, merged with the Plunkett Foundation, which has almost 100 years experience in supporting rural social enterprise. This is intended to give Scotland’s rural communities greater access to Plunkett’s support and will result in the establishment of Plunkett Scotland. …
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Dr Andrew Fraser joins NHS Health Scotland
A familiar face for many of the more experienced community food practitioners has just moved to NHS Health Scotland. Dr Andrew Fraser has the Scottish Government, NHS Highland and the Scottish Prison Service on his CV and has taken up the post of Director of Public Health Science.
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Survey on purchasing habits of community food organisations
SAC food & drink consultancy is carrying out a piece of work in Glasgow, investigating how community food organisations source and purchase produce to identify best practices which can be developed to support this goal. Groups are being asked to complete this survey . The responses will be used to create an overview of community …