Just 10 months after our study tour to London, Mealmakers, based on one of the initiatives we met, the Casserole Club, launched in Scotland on 4 August. After months of …
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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 …
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Community cooking sessions at Glasgow Green Festival 2014
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. …
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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 …
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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 …
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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. …
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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 …
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Glasgow Community Gardens: Sustainable Communities of Care
A Glasgow University study on community gardens in the city has outlined their positive effect on individuals and communities. The report concluded that community gardening promotes community empowerment and “offers …