With the latest Scottish Health Survey results due to include data from the three new food insecurity questions and research work ongoing across the UK, CFHS is delighted to be …
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Areas of Work: Food poverty and access, Networking and learning development
CFHS blog – Bad mood soup: a personal take on how you feel affects what you cook
‘… and maybe that dish isn’t identical the next time you make it, as you use your emotions when you cook …’ Neil Forbes, Chef (from twitter) One of my …
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Area of Work: Information provision
Better Start consultation: community retailers
Glasgow Community Food Network has organised a consultation event with the Better Start team in the Scottish Government. This event is specifically for community retailers – food coops, veg barras, …
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Mapping participation requests one year on
SCDC is still looking for responses to its short survey on participation requests. Participation requests are a new way for community groups and organisations to have their voices heard in …
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Tesco Bags of Help Programme
Applications for the Tesco Bags of Help Programme are invited in the Tesco Ellon, Blairgowrie, Monifeith and Oban store area. For Ellon, Blairgowrie and Monifeith – contact Rita Callander rita.callander@greenspacescotland.org.uk …
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A Healthier Future: Scotland’s Diet & Healthy Weight Delivery Plan
The delivery plan has now been launched and can be downloaded from the Scottish Government website.
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Cooking skills blog: Cooking skills research – Reasons to be cheerful, part one
Earlier this year, around 50 people, many who run or manage cooking skills activities came together to hear evidence about the impact of community cooking activities. They heard from Professor …
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Areas of Work: Cookery skills, Information provision, Research and evaluation
Guest blog: Sue O’Neill-Berest from Cyrenians on food insecurity, cooking and using CFHS development funding to run sessions for young mums

Something to eat, someone to eat with The Food and Agricultural organisation of the United Nations has suggested that 8.4 million live in food insecure households in the UK. (Taylor, …
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Areas of Work: Food poverty and access, Funding, Information provision
New public health priorities for Scotland
A number of community food initiatives contributed to discussions around new public health priorities and these can now be downloaded from the Scottish Government website.
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Eat Well Age Well Roadshows
The Eat Well Age Well team is currently touring across Scotland to promote its Small Ideas, Big Impact fund, which is due to launch on 1 October 2018. This fund …