Our latest blog post by Mandy Cliff, Dietetic Assistant Practitioner with NHS Ayrshire and Arran’s Dietetic Health Improvement Team shows how Dietetic services increase their reach by building the capacity of community and voluntary organisations to run community-led food activities. You can read Mandy’s post on the CFHS blog section.
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Community food peer learning session two
Building a more resilient community food sector: how can we make the case for community food work? Join us for our next interactive peer session where we’ll explore together how to effectively communicate the impact of community food work to funders, policymakers and colleagues. Whether you use compelling data, powerful stories, or show how you …
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Invitation to pilot the Place Standard Tool – Food Environment Lens
Public Health Scotland is inviting expressions of interest from local areas to pilot the Place Standard Tool with a Food Environment Lens. The pilot will explore how the tool can bring communities together to review and influence their local food environments and support local planning and decision-making. Local authorities and NHS Boards are well placed …
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Common Ground: leadership programme
CHEX is working with the Community Development and Health Network in Northern Ireland on this new programme. The CDHN are a regional infrastructure organisation and work with local communities and across sectors to take action on the social determinants of health, improve wellbeing and reduce health inequalities. The Common Ground Leadership Programme is a unique opportunity to …
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CFHS e-bulletin September 2025
Our latest e-bulletin features information about our recent online peer session, as well as news and events, resources and information on community food and health related topics. You can view the September e-bulletin here.
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What did our first community food online peer session discuss?
Community food online peer session one: Building a more resilient community food sector: ensuring access to affordable, acceptable, sustainable and nutritious food. On 23rd September we ran our first community food online peer session. The aim was to provide an informal non-judgemental networking space for people working within the community food sector and those supporting …
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CFHS e-bulletin August 2025
Our latest e-bulletin features more information about our forthcoming online peer session, as well as news and events, resources and information on community food and health related topics. You can view the August e-bulletin here.
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Our views about Good Food Nation
Our views about the proposed National Good Food Nation Plan About Good Food Nation The Good Food Nation Act (2022) Act places duties on Scottish Ministers, local authorities and health boards to produce Good Food Nation Plans. These Plans will set out the main outcomes to be achieved in relation to food-related issues, the policies …
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Unbound Scotland
Led jointly by SCDC and SCCAN, Unbound Scotland will work across the country to raise awareness of the power of community action to achieve local solutions that also take on global issues. Funded by the National Lottery Community Fund, Unbound will focus on building skills, knowledge and confidence with communities across Scotland’s 32 local authority areas. The 3-year project will …
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Working with people with lived experience of poverty
The Poverty Alliance are delivering free online training as part of Glasgow Community Food Network’s cash-first project. This workshop explores the ethics and practices of working with people with lived experience of poverty, and how to embed their perspectives meaningfully into your projects and delivery. 4 November 2025 10 am – 12 pm Online via Zoom …