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Edinburgh Community Food Regional event- Thursday 30th May

Regional Community Food – Let’s cook up a storm! 📅 Thursday 30th May ⌚ 9.30am – 3pm 📍  Central Hall, 2 West Tollcross, Edinburgh, EH3 9BP 🎫 Book a ticket: https://regionalcommunityfood.eventbrite.co.uk Edinburgh Community Food …

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Zero Waste Cooking Day

Martin Carle, Community Food Initiatives North East (CFINE)’s Sustainable Food Co-ordinator tells us about a cooking day: As part of the recent ‘Climate Week North East,’ CFINE and Granite City …

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Community food vacancy

Glasgow Community Food Network is seeking a Project Manager for its Food Climate Action project. Closing date: 2nd April 2024 More information is available on the Good Moves website.    …

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CFHS e-bulletin March 2024

Our latest e-bulletin considers how the community food sector contributes to the Good Food Nation ambition, as well as letting you know about the latest podcasts, webinars and reports on …

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Edinburgh Community Food Cash First Toolkit

Following on from its Menu for All launch event on 6 October 2023, Edinburgh Community Food has published its finalised Cash First Toolkit. The Toolkit is designed for community food …

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What can community food initiatives do to support cash first approaches to food insecurity?

Published online today, this briefing paper will provide clarity on, raise awareness of, and support use of cash first approaches as the primary response to tackling food insecurity. This will …

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CFHS e-bulletin January 2024

Our latest e-bulletin contains news about building a community food network in Dumfries and Galloway, and the Good Food Nation plan consultation,  as well as other news about diet and …

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Forth Environment Link Climate Hub

The FEL Climate Hub, funded by Scottish Government, is offering seed grants of between £250 and £1,500 to community organisations in Forth Valley whose projects are focused on tackling climate …

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Naturesave Trust funding

The latest round of funding (closes 29 February) from the Naturesave Trust is targeted towards organisations, individuals, communities, and charities (not schools) working to reduce food waste and food insecurity. …

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Funding awarded to address poverty

The Scottish Government recently announced funding awarded from its Cash-First Fund and the Child Poverty Practice Accelerator Fund. Eight partnerships across Scotland have been funded to support their cash first …

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