Central and West Integration Network were supported by CFHS/NHS Health Scotland last year to lead a community-led research project. The research explored the experiences of ethnic minority communities around food security, diet and obesity. Specifically, the …
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Food security, diet and obesity – community-led research
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Areas of Work: Minority ethnic communities, Research and evaluation
Investing in Communities Fund
An Investing in Communities Fund has recently been launched by the Scottish Government. The new streamlined fund includes the former Fare Food Transformation Fund and is intended to encourage “community-led …
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Area of Work: Funding
Community meals procurement opportunity
Community Meals are the subject of a major procurement opportunity. Details available on the public sector contracts website. Partnership for Procurement (P4P) and Senscot are good sources of help if …
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‘It’s not just a wee cooking group’: Community cooking skills courses – train the trainers workshop
This Community Food and Health (Scotland) workshop will be held on Thursday 9 May. 1.30pm – 4pm (lunch 12.30) Stirling Come and hear from three organisations who train people to …
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Area of Work: Cookery skills
Why becoming a Good Food Nation will be good for our health
Lesley McCranor, Executive Manager at Healthy Valleys, talks about the Scotttish Government’s Good Food Nation consultation … In 2017, 65% of adults aged 16 and over were overweight, including 29% …
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Community growing fund
The Community Growing Fund is an £80,000 Scottish Government grant scheme to help people grow and learn about food. Community groups, public bodies and third sector organisations can apply for …
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Food Matters
This new resource from the Care Inspectorate highlights examples of good practice from across the early learning and childcare (ELC) sector in Scotland, celebrating the many ways in which ECL settings are supporting …
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Public Health Scotland and Community Planning events
Public Health Reform, in partnership with the Scottish Community Planning Network, has organised a series of engagement events for community planning partners on the development of Public Health Scotland and …
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Social prescribing: redefining health and social care
A new CHEX briefing explores the role social prescribing could play in redefining the health and social care model in Scotland. Social prescribing is a method of working with people …
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CFHS development fund
It has been decided not to run our development fund in 2019. Our thanks go to all those community initiatives who have achieved so much with so little over the …