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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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Community Food Fund – closing date 26 March

The Fund welcomes applications from community food initiatives that want to create or enhance a food and drink network, group or community, a food trail, or local food and drink …

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Joint Glasgow and Edinburgh Council Leaders’ Statement on Food Poverty

A powerful joint statement on food poverty has just been tweeted by the leaders of Scotland‘s two major cities. The full statement can be viewed here

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Scottish emergency food aid study

The Poverty Alliance recently completed a study into emergency food aid and developed a very useful website based on its conclusions.

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Public Health Review – responses required by 12 March

An expert group has been established by the Scottish Government to review public health in Scotland, “to build on the progress made to tackle health inequalities”. Update: here is the …

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