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 …
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CFHS research report on community cooking skills activities to 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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Are you running or wanting to run on-line services?
Community Food Moray is carrying out a survey to find out about community food initiatives developing on-line services. They hope that community food initiatives will take a few minutes to …
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Perth and Kinross Healthy Communities Collaborative new case study
A case study about the work of Perth and Kinross Healthy Communities Collaborative has been added to the case studies section of our website. The Collaborative works with older people …
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Working with Scotland’s Communities survey
The Working with Scotland’s Communities survey is a research study to find out more about the range of paid staff and volunteers in community learning and development roles across Scotland. …
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Happier Mealtimes campaign
People across Scotland are being encouraged to make the most of fresh and in-season local food with the launch of the Scottish Government’s Food Provenance ‘Happier Mealtimes’ campaign. You will …
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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 …