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Healthy eating for adults with learning disabilities pilot report and DVD

Posted: August 5, 2011

This Scottish Government funded Healthy Eating, Healthy Living Project developed a multi-media educational pack consisting of 26 sessions on healthy eating for adults with learning disabilities. This included five practical cookery sessions. A small team supported six pilot sites in Greater Glasgow and Tayside to deliver the pack and this report, which is available to …

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The Picture of Health: a community-led health film

Posted: July 14, 2011

The Picture of Health highlights community-led health activity in four communities in Aberdeenshire, Edinburgh, Isle of Bute and the Scottish Borders. The film tells us about the health benefits of intergenerational work in the Mearns and Coastal Healthy Living Initiative; the organisation of community participation for health activity through the Eyemouth Healthy Living Group; how …

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New CFHS publications

Posted: June 16, 2011

We have recently produced a range of publications on the impact of cookery skills, resources for cookery skills sessions, the impact of investing small amounts of funding in community food and health retailers and the evaluation of a CFHS learning and development programme and the impact of the CFHS small grant scheme. Healthy eating and …

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TV formats, How to get beyond smoothies and Healthy Living Tastes Better

Posted: March 21, 2011

CFHS has a fact sheet and a new leaflet available. TV Dinners provides examples of how groups working with young people have used TV formats, such as Come Dine with Me to teach cookery skills. How to get beyond smoothies gives top tips and ideas for promoting healthy eating activities with young people, all based …

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Celebrating Outcomes

Posted: January 14, 2011

This week CFHS launched our most recent publication, Celebrating Outcomes, available to download from the Publications Library. This publication highlights the important contribution that community food initiatives are making towards achieving Scotland’s national outcomes. We hope that this celebration will emphasise, both for community food initiatives and for local and national policy makers, the difference …

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Issue 7 of Engage now available

Posted: October 22, 2010

Issue 7 of ‘Engage’ magazine – the first edition following the completion of the Meeting the Shared Challenge programme – is now available to view and download from www.chex.org.uk This issue marks a continued commitment to community-led approaches beyond Meeting the Shared Challenge, and sets out a new programme of work, which will support local …

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Issue 6 of Engage now available

Posted: February 3, 2010

Issue 6 of Engage, the magazine for the Meeting the Shared Challenge support programme, is now available to download from the Health Scotland website. In this issue Kay Barton from the Scottish Government reflects on the progress of the Meeting the Shared Challenge programme over the last two years. www.healthscotland.com/uploads/documents/11722-EngageIssue6.pdf

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Celebrating the 50th edition of Fare Choice

Posted: January 19, 2010

In CFHS’s most recent edition of Fare Choice (edition 50!) we included a couple of exciting opportunities for community food initiatives across Scotland. Firstly, we included a template for community food initiatives to complete, telling us about how you feel your work is contributing to national outcomes. More information and a copy of the template …

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Edition 50 of Fare Choice now available

Posted: December 18, 2009

This month our quarterly newsletter, Fare Choice, reaches its 50th edition and looks back at initiatives featured in the first edition and how they have managed to sustain their activities. Fare Choice is available to download now from the Publications Library.

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New publication: Tackling Health Inequalities in Scotland

Posted: December 1, 2009

Tackling Health Inequalities in Scotland: working with communities – a partnership of Scottish Intermediary bodies, has been produced by Napier University on behalf of Community Food and Health Scotland), Community Health Exchange (CHEX), Voluntary Health Scotland and the UK Public Health Alliance, to highlight the contribution that national intermediary bodies make to the local tackling …

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