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Good Food Scotland’s evolving Community Supermarket Model

About the Good Food Scotland (GFS) model I recently visited Threehills Community Supermarket and cafe, run by Good Food Scotland (GFS) in Nitshill. This post highlights GFS’s approach to the …

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What did we discuss at our most recent community food online peer session?

Building a more resilient community food sector: How can we make the case for community food work? On 3 December we ran our second community food online peer session. The session aimed to …

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CFHS e-bulletin November 2025

Our latest e-bulletin features information about our next online peer session two, PHS work with Nesta on shaping healthy environments, as well as news and events, resources and information on …

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Do you run a food business in Scotland?

The new Food Standards Scotland (FSS) website can help with a range of things, from legal compliance and allergy advice to labelling and the Food Hygiene Information Scheme. Find guidance, …

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Obesity

This half-day online course hosted by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (RCPE) in collaboration with Obesity Action Scotland is aimed at anyone interested in public health, clinical practice, …

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What works in community-led health and wellbeing in underserved communities

Join the Health Creation Alliance as they share insights from a three year research project exploring how community organisations create real health and wellbeing impact. 15 December 2025 2 pm …

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The Plant Based Revolution in Denmark

The second of the new mini-series of Quick Bites webinars from the Food Foundation highlighting inspiring food policy stories from around the world. 11 December 2025 5 pm Online More …

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Online networking with the Scottish Alliance for Food

Join SCAF at the latest of this series of group-based speed networking events to make new connections and collaborators and gain new insights and develop new ideas. 9 December 2025 …

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Fairer Funding Pilot feedback survey: research findings

The Scottish Government has recently published findings from a survey of third sector organisations participating in the Fairer Funding Pilot. The Fairer Funding pilot was initiated in February 2025 and …

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Shaping healthier food environments for the next decade

In collaboration with Public Health Scotland (PHS), Nesta, an innovation agency for social good, has published two key publications which explore how Scotland’s planning system can be used to create …

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