Sustainable Food Places programme has just launched an application round for a limited number of six-month £5,000 development grants (Jan – June 2021) for places in Scotland interested in or already …
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Protecting Scotland in a Changing Food Environment
Food Standards Scotland has opened a public consultation on its new five year strategy. The consultation runs until Friday 18 December. Details can be found on the Food Standards Scotland website.
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£30 million to tackle financial insecurity
The Scottish Government has announced £30m flexible funding to local authorities to support households experiencing financial insecurity over the winter months. Local authorities will be able to use this to …
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UK reports on Covid-19 responses
Carnegie UK Trust has produced this new report, Pooling Together: How Community Hubs have responded to the COVID-19 Emergency, featuring case studies from hubs throughout the UK, available on the Carnegie website. Sustain’s report, Community …
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Eat Well Age Well – the hidden problem of malnutrition
Eat Well Age Well has launched a research study and calls to action as part of its activities to support UK Malnutrition Awareness Week (5 – 12 October). The major …
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Postcode Recovery Fund
The Postcode Recovery Fund has been created to support charities to develop innovative solutions that address the many issues affecting people as society recovers from the effects of the pandemic. …
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Covid-19 responses from the community food sector in Fife
Two new reports are now available that look at Covid-19 responses from the community food sector in Fife, looking back and moving forward. Fife Food Champions are people who have …
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Ideas are being gathered by the Scottish Government’s Advisory Board on Social Renewal, from the experience of community groups responding to the pandemic, to drive a fairer recovery in the …
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Public Health Scotland Strategic Plan has launched
Earlier this week, Public Health Scotland published its three year strategy. It is driven by a vision of a Scotland in which everybody thrives: where healthy life expectancy increases, health …
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Co-op Food Fund
The new Co-op Food Fund aims to support organisations or projects that provide access to food and sustainable solutions to food poverty in Scotland. Grants between £1,000 and £5,000 are …