Join NESTA, with Professor Kevin Morgan, to discover how public procurement – the purchasing decisions made by governments and institutions – can be a powerful tool for driving improvements in …
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Money Counts Training: a cash first approach to food insecurity
This training session from the Independent Food Aid Network is designed for frontline staff and volunteers across Scotland who may have brief conversations with people about their money worries or …
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Unlocking local resources in Glasgow: a guide to ALISS
This session from Glasgow Centre for Population Health will provide an overview of ALISS, a useful online platform that connects individuals to local health and wellbeing services, resources, and support …
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Dietary intake in Scottish children
What do children and young people’s diets in Scotland look like in 2024? Food Standards Scotland commissioned the University of Edinburgh to conduct this cross-sectional nationally representative survey, and the …
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UK Poverty 2025: the essential guide for understanding poverty in the UK
Join the Joseph Rowntree Foundation to discuss its annual UK Poverty report and how policies that address drivers of poverty can make a difference to the lives of those most …
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Feeding Justice: the role of food in women’s prisons
In this webinar Food Matters explores the different meanings food has for women within prisons and are joined by speakers representing varying perspectives. 29 January 2025 10.30 am – 12.30 …
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Community food stakeholder engagement: findings
Between spring and autumn 2024 we engaged with stakeholders from the community food sector, including the wider voluntary and public sector engaged in community food, to better understand what is …
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Area of Work: Food poverty and access
Green prescribing
30 January 2025 10 am – 12 pm Online This Green Health Learning Network event, hosted by Public Health Scotland (PHS) will bring together a range of professionals to share …
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Cash first approaches to early years nutrition
23 January 2025 9.30 am – 12.30 pm Norton Park, Edinburgh Join Edinburgh Community Food for its third Menu for All networking event, which will focus on adequate early years …
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What can we learn from Amsterdam’s approach to tackling childhood obesity?
Join NESTA at this webinar to find out how the Amsterdam City Govt manage to buck the trend of rising obesity rates in children. As the UK battles with rising …