The Community Capacity and Resilience Fund, a new fund run by the Scottish Government, aims to combat inequality, promote social inclusion, and to support work to mitigate the impact of welfare reform. Applications are sought from organisations with an income of £200,000 or less. Applicants can apply for grants between £1,000 and £5,000. The closing …
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Public Health Review Engagement Events
The Scottish Government is undertaking a Public Health Review of ‘public health systems and the delivery of all public health functions in Scotland with a strong focus on how public health on how public health contributes to improving health and wellbeing across the life-course, and reducing health inequalities for the future.’ The Review Group, chaired …
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Volunteer Director opportunities at the Food Train
The Food Train is currently recruiting for Volunteer Directors in the areas of financial management, business growth and development, and third sector marketing and fundraising. More information can be found at www.thefoodtrain.co.uk/volunteer-directors
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Healthy Influences 2015
CHEX’s Healthy Influences 2015 research report follows up on a 2012 report which explored how much influence community-led health organisations felt they had in decision making structures. The new report finds that, despite a lot of promising policy developments, there hasn’t yet been any real improvement in how influential community-led health organisations feel within these …
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CFHS research report on community cooking skills activities to be published in May
In 2014 CFHS commissioned Avril Blamey and Jacki Gordon and Associates to carry out a review of community cooking skills activities run by community initiatives and agencies. CFHS would like to thank all those that responded to our request for reports or who took part in focus groups. This report will be published in May. …
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Area of Work: Cookery skills
Food Standards Scotland (FSS) launched
From 1 April FSS, the new public sector body for Scotland takes over the responsibilities previously carried out in Scotland by the Food Standards Agency. Visit its new website for more information.
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What are your children eating beyond the school gate?
More than three quarters of young people buy food or drink beyond the school gate at least twice a week, according to a new report by a University of Hertfordshire research team. You can download the research report here.
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Work opportunities
Plunkett Foundation are recruiting advisers to advise and support groups creating and running community enterprises in rural and urban areas. They are looking for people who understand and can advise on a range of business areas, community engagement and community development, or retailing and merchandising. The closing date to apply is 5pm on Tuesday 14 …
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Community Food Practices’ Impact on Health Inequalities, 7 May, 12 – 4 p.m. University of Strathclyde
Part of Strathclyde University’s Engage Week, this event is aimed at social enterprises interested in food as a means of tackling health inequalities and policy makers in the field of social enterprise, community food policy or health inequality. It will look at: sharing learning; building a food, social enterprise and health research agenda; and, developing …
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Community cafe networking event
Booking has opened for Community Food and Health (Scotland)’s and Edinburgh Community Cafes Network’s Community Café Networking Event, being held on Thursday 11 June from 10.30 am to 3.30 pm., in St Andrew’s and St George’s Church, George Street, Edinburgh. As well as time to network, the event includes workshops and a marketplace. The topics …