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Get surplus food direct from local stores to your charity

FareShare FoodCloud links up local not-for profit and charities to local retailers, so that they are able to collect surplus food (for free) in a safe and sustainable way. The …

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Exploring support for a community food network in Glasgow

Glasgow Food Policy Partnership is keen to hear from those working in the community food sector in Glasgow about whether they feel a community food network for the city would …

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Cooking skills blog 7 – What difference do you hope your cooking skills courses will make?

The answer may depend on what the people (participants) attending your course want to get out of it and what you (and your funders) hope it will achieve. The amount …

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Tesco bags of help funding open

Tesco has grants of up to £12,000 available for community projects such as community gardens, allotments, play areas and other outdoor community projects. The closing date for applications is 3 …

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Blog 6 – What does it mean to support ‘vulnerable’ people on your cooking skills course?

Our cooking skills study group are running their cooking skills courses for ‘vulnerable people’ and/or ‘parents (or carers)’ living on a ‘low-income’. As we’ll be gathering collective evaluation information, we …

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Cooking skills blog 5: Does your group eat together at the end of a cooking skills session?

How do you decide what to do with the food that has been cooked? Should participants take the food home (to share with others, or eat later) or is it …

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Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act – Register your interest for SCDC’s consultation on participation requests

SCDC is inviting anyone from community groups and networks, and people working with communities, to give their views on participation requests. The Scottish Government is consulting on the regulations to …

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Community cafe networking event, June 2015

What was it? The third Scottish-wide networking event for community café practitioners was held in June 2015. It was planned and run jointly by Community Food and Health (Scotland) or …

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Improving food and health for adults with learning disabilities – learning from policy and practice in the community

The meeting will build on the roundtable discussion we had last December (notes from the meeting are available here) and will provide an opportunity to learn from research, policy and …

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New Eatwell guide launched

Food Standards Scotland (FSS) today launches the new Eatwell Guide, which replaces the eatwell plate and shows people in Scotland how they can achieve a healthy balanced diet. See more …

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