Working to improve the laws and policies that affect community growing is an important element of the work of the Federation of City Farms and Community Gardens, who are looking to coordinate visits by MSPs to community gardens over the next few months. This is an opportunity to engage with MSPs and highlight the impact …
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CFHS community cafe networking event
Booking is now open for ‘Take Five’ our national community café networking event, taking place on 28 September in Edinburgh. Our free event is open to anyone working in or with a community café in Scotland. The day will include lots of networking time, activities and a chance to find out what’s happening in and …
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CFHS blog – from the reading pile …
Part of our role is to share evidence, learning and knowledge, so a few of my reflections on a little something from my reading pile. This week I read a briefing paper published by Glasgow Centre for Population Health, setting out principles for effective social regeneration and interventions. It is based on the work of …
Also posted in CFHS Blog, CFHS updates, Cooking skills research
Area of Work: Information provision
Pilot areas named for new food insecurity project in Scotland
The three areas in which a unique project will pilot new preventative and rights-based approaches to cut the number of people turning to food banks will be announced tonight at an event at the Scottish Parliament. The project – called ‘A Menu for Change: Cash, Rights, Food’ – is a partnership between Oxfam Scotland, Child …
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Climate Challenge Funding
The Scottish Government’s Climate Challenge Fund is now open for the next round of applications. Community-led organisations are invited to apply for grants of up to £150,000 per organisation per year, for projects taking place between 1 April 2018 and 31 March 2020. Find out more at www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/ccf
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Area of Work: Funding
How to get a new allotment site
The Galvanising Grassroots Guide on ‘How to get a new allotment site‘ has just been launched at the the Annual Scottish Allotments Conference on Saturday June 17th. It contains 7 stories about the different ways that people have acquired a plot and signposts for how to make this happen. You can download the guide from …
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Do you run or manage community cooking skills activities in Scotland?
If, yes, please consider completing our survey. If your organisation has more than one person who runs cooking skills activities on behalf of your organisation, please consider choosing just one person to complete it. Please complete our survey if you can answer ‘yes’ to each of the following three questions: Do you run or manage …
Also posted in CFHS updates
Area of Work: Cookery skills
Cooking skills blog 33: Working with vulnerable groups: Supporting people affected by food insecurity: ideas from practitioners
Last year, Katy Gordon, a PhD student took part in an internship within CFHS. Katy ran an online survey and interviewed practitioners to find out how they supported people experiencing food insecurity on their cooking skills courses. Her full report ‘Just getting on with it’ is now available. Meanwhile here are few examples of activities they …
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Areas of Work: Cookery skills, Food poverty and access, Information provision
Help to map awareness and use of participation requests among community organisations
Are you a member of a community organisation? Have you heard of participation requests, and are you thinking about making one? Participation requests are a new way for community organisations to have their voices heard in the planning and delivery of services. The right to make a participation request to a public body was introduced …
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New £1.6 million National Lottery project to tackle food poverty
People in communities across the UK will be given support to tackle food poverty, under a new four-year programme supported with more than £1.6 million of National Lottery funding from the Big Lottery Fund. The Food Power initiative will help grass-roots experts in 32 areas develop ideas and work with like-minded groups elsewhere in the …