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Emergency Food Fund – Joining Up Local Responses

Food aid organisations are now able to apply for funding through the Scottish Government £500,000 Emergency Food Fund (EFF). EFF will support projects which respond to immediate demands for emergency …

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Volunteer Week

Our friends at Food Train Renfrewshire have produced this video for Volunteer Week  

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CFHS annual networking conference 2014

This year’s national networking conference will take place on Wednesday 29 October at the Grand Central Hotel in Glasgow. About the event A national networking conference hosted by Community Food and …

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CFHS research project – do you run practical cooking skills activities for adults or young people?

Do you have cooking skills evaluation reports that are gathering dust and too few people to read them? If your answer is yes, please can you help us? 100s of …

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Evaluating impact programme

The CFHS evaluating impact programme is open to community food organisations working in low-income communities who work with older people to eat well, or within communities to address long-term issues …

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Forthcoming community development events

There are still a few places available at ‘Community Development: What vision for Scotland?’ in Glasgow on Wednesday 25 June. The free event has been organised  by Community Development Alliance …

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CFHS community cafe networking event 26 June 2014, Glasgow

This free CFHS event is open to anyone working in, managing, or supporting a community cafe, and will include opportunities to find out about Edinburgh Community Cafes network and the healthyliving award, and meet …

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Support for Food Safety Week Initiatives 2014

Food Safety Week is a national food hygiene campaign which this year runs from the 16 June to the 22 June. The campaign offers an excellent opportunity for promotion of …

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CHEX policy briefing on the integration of health and social care

CHEX has produced a briefing summing up the recently-passed Public Bodies (Joint Working ) (Scotland) Bill and the implications/opportunities for community-led health.  At the end of February 2014, the Scottish …

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New pictorial recipes available

The Edinburgh Cyrenians Good Food Programme has completed a new CFHS-funded, online pictorial recipe book for people who have difficulty reading a standard text-based recipe.  It contains 16 recipes, including …

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