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More Village SOS funding

Posted: April 4, 2012

The Big Lottery Fund has announced a second round of Village SOS funding totalling £4 million, which will open on 10 April. Grants of between £10,000 and £50,000 are available …

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Community Food Social Enterprise Network

Posted: April 4, 2012

The next meeting of the Community Food Social Enterprise Network is being held on Tuesday 24 April at 3 pm in the Crescent Kitchen, Broomhouse Centre, Edinburgh. The meeting will …

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Mind the Menu

Posted: April 3, 2012

This CFHS event on community food work supporting mental health and wellbeing has now been rescheduled to Wednesday 6 June at Discovery Point in Dundee. Further information and details of …

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Case Studies

Posted: April 1, 2012

CORE (Community Organisation for Race Equality) has developed a case study on their World Cafe. It covers the background and history of the World Cafe, the essential elements of the …

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National Parenting Strategy

Posted: March 22, 2012

The Scottish Government would welcome the views of early years workers as it develops the National Parenting Strategy. The strategy will be wide ranging, focusing on parents of children of …

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NHS Health Scotland Healthy Living publications update

Posted: February 28, 2012

The NHS Health Scotland suite of Healthy Living public facing resources will be updated in 2012-13 and support is needed to guide the development of these national publications. These publications …

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Community Food Social Enterprise Network meeting

Posted: February 28, 2012

The next Community Food Social Enterprise Network meeting is being held on Wednesday 21st March, 3pm at the Crescent Cafe in the Broomhouse Centre, Edinburgh. There will be a tour …

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Community food work supporting mental health and wellbeing

Posted: February 24, 2012

Second Helpings A CFHS national learning exchange on food, mental health and wellbeing to be held on Wednesday March 5, 10.00 – 3.45 at Discovery Point in Dundee. Plans are …

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Maternal and infant nutrition

Posted: February 24, 2012

CFHS commissioned Rock Solid Social Research Ltd in partnership with Communicable Health to carry out research into how community food and health and voluntary organisations are carrying out activities that support …

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Linking community growers, retailers and caterers

Posted: February 24, 2012

Edinburgh Community Food (ECF) was funded by CFHS to follow up the research [PDF, 1292kb] carried out by Blake Stevenson last year, which looked at the feasibility of developing a produce supply chain …

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