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Grow Your Own Fund

Community groups in Edinburgh are being invited to apply for funding (up to £5,000) from a £50,000 pilot scheme by the City of Edinburgh Council to establish new food growing …

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Nourish the Nation Summer Food and Activity Programme

Sainsbury’s Nourish the Nation programme provides funding for summer food and activity programmes. Organisations can apply for up to £10,000 to deliver activities during the 2025 summer school holidays. The …

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Essentia Foundation mid-sized grants

he Essentia Foundation provides financial support to charities and community groups to help improve the health and social welfare of children and young people up to the age of 25 years …

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Local Community Spaces Fund

This Asda Foundation funding is available to community groups throughout the UK to provide a safe space for people to meet and be together. The application window for this grant …

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Vacancy at North Glasgow Community Food Initiative

Glasgow Community Food Initiative is currently recruiting for a Community Cook at its Springburn hub.  The Community Cook will be responsible for the organisation and delivery of food based activities …

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Apply to join new design series for public diners

Nourish Scotland is looking for 12 people with diverse personal and professional perspectives to join co-design sessions exploring the details of public diners. – What’s on the menu? – How …

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Survey of community food organisations in Glasgow to assess training needs

Glasgow Community Food Network, Glasgow Food Policy Partnership and the Fair Food for All Partnership are working together to support community organisations in the work they are doing to address …

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Neurodivergent learners in food education – article

The British Nutrition Foundation has published an article written by experienced food teacher, and British Nutrition Foundation Trustee, Rosalie Forde, exploring how to better support students with additional needs in …

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Nutrition Scotland training

Nutrition Scotland has an introductory offer for communities for the RSPH Level 2 and Level 3 Awards in Nutrition and Health, both class-based (running in spring and summer this year) …

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Eat Well Age Well e-learning

Eat Well Age Well offers two E-learning courses, Carers E-Learning and General E-Learning. Both courses are based on its Raising the Issue of Malnutrition Training and utilise videos that were …

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