We are offering organisations the opportunity to book a place for one of our Evaluation Learning Exchange days. Each day will have a similar format, reflecting together and sharing learning on various aspects of evaluation eg. setting outcomes, collecting information and what to do with it. The day will include activities and opportunities to network …
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Area of Work: Networking and learning development
Investing in the availability of the new REHIS Elementary Cooking Skills course
CFHS has recently provided funding for 13 groups and agencies to run the new, nationally accredited cooking skills course (accredited by the Royal Environmental Health Insitute of Scotland or REHIS). Successful applicants plan to run this new course with a range of peole from within low-income communities in Scotland, including with community and lunch club volunteers, carers of …
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Areas of Work: Cookery skills, 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/
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Areas of Work: Information provision, Learning disability
Plans for accessible food and health resources on our website
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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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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Emergency food aid: learning from current experiences
Increasingly community food initiatives across Scotland are responding to demands for emergency food aid for those experiencing the most severe effects of food poverty. The provision of emergency food parcels through food banks is rapidly growing; however, balancing the need for short term emergency food aid with creating sustainable change for people experiencing food poverty …