Join the Living Good Food Nation Lab’s Grassroots and Community Unit’s monthly Forum! This monthly forum is a place for Scotland’s civil society to learn, connect, and reflect together in the run up to the development and implementation of the first local Good Food Nation Plans. Over the different months, will have a mix of …
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CFHS e-bulletin April 2026
Our latest bulletin has news about our upcoming online peer session, and the new Food Insecurity Resource spaces, as well as information about forthcoming events, funding opportunities and reports for the community food sector. You can read the e-bulletin here.
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Taking action together – improving diet and healthy weight across Scotland
In this blog Claire Hislop, Organisational Lead for our Food and Physical Activity Team at Public Health Scotland, reflects on the recent Improving Diet and Healthy Weight conference and the power of partnership it demonstrated. The blog and a recording of the day are available on the PHS website.
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How to talk about food poverty
Join FrameWorks UK for a session sharing practical tips and insights for communicating about food poverty in ways that build understanding and support for solutions. The session will share insights and practical communications guidance from its research on framing children’s health and food, poverty, and the wider determinants of health. 9 June 2026 12 pm …
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Beyond the UPF debate
Practical actions to improve the UK’s food environment The purpose of this event from the British Nutrition Foundation is to move beyond debates about specific categories of food and instead explore practical approaches to driving change within the current food environment, with the aim of improving diet quality for everyone. 21 May 2026 9.30 am …
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Self evaluation week
celebrating the difference we make For 21 years Evaluation Support Scotland has been helping organisations to measure and explain their impact. To mark this milestone birthday, it is launching Self Evaluation Week, which is a week dedicated to demonstrating impact and sharing learning and you are invited to join in. 18 – 22 May 2026 More …
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How to Talk About Food Poverty: a guide
A How to Talk About Food Poverty guide has been developed by Frameworks UK. This guide introduces tools and evidence-based recommendations to help advocates build understanding and support, and avoid triggering unhelpful ways of thinking. The guide is available to download from the Frameworks UK website.
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Food Insecurity Resources Spaces
Members of the Community Food National Reference Group; Edinburgh Community Food, Community Food Initiatives North East, Glasgow Community Food Network, and Lanarkshire Community Food and Health Partnership, have worked collaboratively to develop a resource space allowing access to information on local and national cash first approaches to tackling food insecurity and poverty. The resources are available on all their …
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Vacancies at Glasgow Community Food Network
Glasgow Community Food Network is currently recruiting for two part-time (21 hours) Coordinators for its Shared Future project (Fair Food for All Coordinator and Community Food Co-ordinator). More information and details of how to apply on the GCVS website.
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Collaborating across Scotland to develop a food insecurity resource space
Join us in this webinar where our community food colleagues highlight how they came together to collectively make a difference Community Food National Reference Group members CFINE, Lanarkshire Community Food & Health Partnership. (LCFHP), Glasgow Community Food Network (GCFN) and Edinburgh Community Food, (ECF) worked together to develop an online resource space with access to information on local and national …