Late last year a group of organisations (SCDC, Voluntary Health Scotland, the Alliance, and Edinburgh Community Health Forum) came together to issue a joint statement on the role prevention plays in tackling Scotland’s growing health inequalities crisis. This statement explored how preventative approaches involve identifying and tackling root causes before negative outcomes occur – and …
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CFHS e-bulletin
Our latest e-bulletin features information about the community food sector, opportunities to get involved in our online networking sessions, funding, events and much more. You can view the e-bulletin here.
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Eating Well for Exercise
The British Nutrition Foundation (BNF) has web-based resources highlighting the important foods and nutrients to support physical activity. Eating well for physical activity and sport can have many benefits including supporting sport performance and reducing the risk of injury and illness. More information on eating well for exercise is available on the BNF website.
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The state of Scottish volunteering
During 2024 Volunteer Scotland undertook several research projects about volunteering. Amongst its findings it concludes that volunteering is in crisis, the cost of living crisis is closing doors to volunteer participation and the demographic profile of Scotland’s volunteers is changing. The reports are available on the Volunteer Scotland website.
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Nourishing the future: making healthy food accessible for every child
This Barnardo’s report draws on insights from children, young people, parents and Barnardo’s practitioners, and experts in child health and nutrition. It focuses on food insecurity and its impact on child health; barriers to eating healthily and provides and outlines polices across the UK. Nourishing the future is available on the Barnardo’s website.
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The Food Conversation
The Food, Farming and Countryside Commission’s Food Conversations project hosted in-depth deliberations with over 75 communities across the UK. They have learned a great deal about what citizens want from their food system and produced a citizen manifesto. Reports from this project are available on the Food, Farming and Countryside Commission website
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Cash first approaches in community food initiatives
Glasgow Community Food Network (GCFN) commissioned @delvecollab to work with a small group of people with experience of community food initiatives in Glasgow. They produced a Zine which highlights the challenges and imagines alternatives to make their recommendations a reality. The zine is available on the GCFN website.
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Area of Work: Food poverty and access
Together We Can
Public Health Scotland (PHS) has published its ten-year strategy, Together We Can. This document sets out how PHS will work with partners across Scotland to address the challenges described above, strengthen prevention, and support communities to thrive. It will outline the collective actions needed, from national policy to local delivery, to create the conditions in …