Hosted in a unique collaboration between Nourish Scotland, City of Glasgow College and Glasgow Community Food Network, this event celebrates the power of food to connect people, shape healthier communities, and support a local, fairer and more sustainable food system. 6 November 2025 12 pm – 2.30 pm City of Glasgow College More information and …
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Working with people with lived experience of poverty
The Poverty Alliance are delivering free online training as part of Glasgow Community Food Network’s cash-first project. This workshop explores the ethics and practices of working with people with lived experience of poverty, and how to embed their perspectives meaningfully into your projects and delivery. 4 November 2025 10 am – 12 pm Online via Zoom …
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Making good food accessible, enjoyable and relevant to communities
Our latest blog post by Mandy Cliff, Dietetic Assistant Practitioner with NHS Ayrshire and Arran’s Dietetic Health Improvement Team shows how Dietetic services increase their reach by building the capacity of community and voluntary organisations to run community-led food activities. You can read Mandy’s post on the CFHS blog section.
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Community food peer learning session two
Building a more resilient community food sector: how can we make the case for community food work? Join us for our next interactive peer session where we’ll explore together how to effectively communicate the impact of community food work to funders, policymakers and colleagues. Whether you use compelling data, powerful stories, or show how you …
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Invitation to pilot the Place Standard Tool – Food Environment Lens
Public Health Scotland is inviting expressions of interest from local areas to pilot the Place Standard Tool with a Food Environment Lens. The pilot will explore how the tool can bring communities together to review and influence their local food environments and support local planning and decision-making. Local authorities and NHS Boards are well placed …
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Making good food accessible, enjoyable and relevant to communities
The Community and Voluntary sector plays a crucial role in shaping people’s health and wellbeing; not only through their services, but also by building social connections and engaging with people least likely to use statutory services. The sector’s key role is highlighted in the Population Health Framework . As well as fair funding, the sector …
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Common Ground: leadership programme
CHEX is working with the Community Development and Health Network in Northern Ireland on this new programme. The CDHN are a regional infrastructure organisation and work with local communities and across sectors to take action on the social determinants of health, improve wellbeing and reduce health inequalities. The Common Ground Leadership Programme is a unique opportunity to …
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CFHS e-bulletin September 2025
Our latest e-bulletin features information about our recent online peer session, as well as news and events, resources and information on community food and health related topics. You can view the September e-bulletin here.
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What did our first community food online peer session discuss?
Community food online peer session one: Building a more resilient community food sector: ensuring access to affordable, acceptable, sustainable and nutritious food. On 23rd September we ran our first community food online peer session. The aim was to provide an informal non-judgemental networking space for people working within the community food sector and those supporting …
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Healthy sustainable food in Glasgow’s universities and colleges
During this webinar you will hear from the University of Glasgow, Glasgow Caledonian University and the City of Glasgow College about measures they are taking to provide healthy, sustainable meals for their customers. 11 November 2025 11 am Online via Zoom Register on this Zoom site.