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Food research at the Rowett Institute

Posted: November 7, 2023

The Rowett Institute has a range of research projects currently running that will help inform community food activities. These include projects on food insecurity in people living with obesity, Social …

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Join the Scottish Alliance for Food (SCAF)

Posted: November 7, 2023

The recently formed Alliance focuses on research excellence across different disciplines and sectors to deliver focused, concerted actions to facilitate systems thinking and transformative research, to support a sustainable food …

Also posted in Other opportunities |

Menu for All

Posted: November 7, 2023

Edinburgh Community Food recently launched Edinburgh’s new food poverty network. ‘Menu for all’ will combine food and support access aims to give Edinburgh the scalable capacity to respond to need, …

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Child Poverty Hub

Posted: November 7, 2023

A new Child Poverty Learning Hub has been launched by Public Health Scotland – five free courses that aim to provide an overview of the issue as well as outlining …

Also posted in Misc food and health |

CFHS September e-bulletin

Posted: October 3, 2023

Our latest e-bulletin has information on challenging poverty in Glasgow, diet and nutrition, research and policy, as well as news, reports, latest events and funding. You can access the e-bulletin …

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Programme for Government

Posted: October 3, 2023

Equality, Opportunity, and Community is the focus for the Scottish Government this year. The range of food-related actions in the programme include: plans to introduce measures that will extend eligibility …

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Challenging Poverty in Glasgow

Posted: October 3, 2023

Many community food initiatives work in collaboration with others to address poverty. One example is Glasgow Community Food Network (GCFN), which brings together a wide range of community food initiatives …

Also posted in CFHS updates |

Challenging poverty in Glasgow

Posted: September 22, 2023

Challenging poverty in Glasgow Challenge Poverty Week is coming up. (2 -8 October)2, which aims to challenge the injustice of poverty and show how collective action can help. One of …

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CFHS August e-bulletin

Posted: September 1, 2023

Our latest e-bulletin has information on learning from collaboration, diet and nutrition, research and policy, as well as news, reports, latest events and funding. You can access the e-bulletin here

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CFHS e-bulletin July 2023

Posted: August 2, 2023

Our latest e-bulletin has information on community food and local food partnerships, Good Food Nation, and the Scottish Government’s Cash-First fund, as well as news, reports, latest events and funding. …

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