We are currently making plans to develop part of our website to provide information about, and links to, quality accessible food and health resources or pictorial recipes. These will be suitable for those planning to run cooking skills activities with adults with learning disabilities, but might also be useful with other groups.
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Plans for accessible food and health resources on our website
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Areas of Work: Information provision, Learning disability
Human rights
“A Scotland where everyone is able to live with human dignity” is the vision of Scotland’s National Action Plan for Human Rights launched on 10 December, International Human Rights day. A Human Rights Action Group on the standard of living engaging “with people directly affected to ensure actions are informed by lived experiences” is one …
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Community Transport Vehicle Fund
A new £1million community transport fund being jointly managed by Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations and the Community Transport Association (CTA) is now open to applicants until 31 January 2014, The one-off Scottish Government fund which is open to community and third sector organisations will help community transport operators buy new vehicles to expand their services or replace …
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Commonwealth Games Food Charter launched
Glasgow 2014 today unveiled its Commonwealth Games Food Charter that all appointed caterers to the event will be required to sign up to. https://www.foodanddrink.scot
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Plunkett Scotland launches new Frontline service to Scottish rural communities
The Plunkett Foundation is launching its new service to promote community ownership and co-operative enterprise in Scotland. Funded by the Prince’s Countryside Fund and managed by Plunkett Scotland, the new service will inspire rural communities to create community enterprises to improve access to rural services in Scotland.
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Digital Commonwealth – get involved
The University of the West of Scotland, Ayr Campus is playing host to the first Digital Commonwealth “Community Media Cafe” offering local people and community groups the chance to get an introduction to mobile podcasting, audio storytelling and citizen journalism around the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. The cafe will be lead by project coordinator Jennifer …
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Community food fund – next application deadline
The third round of the Community Food Fund is open for applications, including from community food initiatives. The Fund aims to promote local food and drink through supporting activities that focus on two main outcomes: supporting development of food trails and networks; and establishing local food and drink events, including farmers’ markets, that celebrate and …
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Growing Together – SRUC Oatridge Campus, West Lothian
This free joint event will give community growers, community retailers (including food co-ops, fruit and vegetable stalls and barras) and Food and Health Alliance members an opportunity to find out more about each other and the work that they do and explore possibilities of working more closely together. ‘Growing Together’ is open to anyone involved in …
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Area of Work: Networking and learning development
New funding opportunities from CFHS
CFHS is providing support for a new, nationally accredited cooking skills course by offering funding of up to £750 to groups and agencies towards the costs of delivering this new course. CFHS is also inviting community food retailers that have taken part in a Scottish Grocers Federation Healthy Living Programme training session to apply for up …
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Area of Work: Funding
CFHS commission Cyrenians Good Food to adapt Good Food Handbook
We have recently commissioned the Cyrenians Good Food programme to adapt a selection of its Good Food Handbook recipes to support the availability of pictorial recipes. These will be available on the Cyrenians Good Food website later in 2013. The current Good Food handbook is available at http://cyrenians.scot/community-and-food/good-food/food-ed/