This report has been written by Carnegie Fellow, Julia Unwin CBE, and informed by a series of roundtables and events across the UK. This report brings together all that Carnegie have learnt over the last two years. It acknowledges the strong arguments against kindness, but argues that the great public policy challenges of our time demand …
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One piece of the puzzle? What SCDC is learning about participation requests
Participation requests are a way for people to have their say about what improvements they would like to see made to public services they use. Community groups in Scotland have been able to make them since April 2017, when they were introduced as part of the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act. The briefing highlights that more information and …
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A seat at the table
There is increasing interest in the commencement of the official consultation around a Good Food Nation Bill. Watch out for details.
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1st World Congress on Migration, Ethnicity, Race and Health
Florence Dioka from Central and West Integration Network (CWIN) and our colleague Jacqui presented the poster below at the 1st World Congress on Migration, Ethnicity, Race and Health, on 18 May 2018. It explains how they carried out community-led research into food security and insecurity, plus shares some of the findings. Food security and insecurity-poster You …
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Area of Work: Food poverty and access
Knowledge is Power: a new report on the importance of community-led action research in Scotland
Starting in 2017, the Scottish Community Development Centre (SCDC) and the Poverty Alliance worked with ten community organisations to co-design a resource framework which could be used to support communities across Scotland to conduct their own inquiries into the issues affecting them. You can find further information and download the report and executive summary on …
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Dignity in Practice Report
Nourish Scotland and the Poverty Truth Commission have released a report that aims to be a practical resource to help community food providers to think about what dignity looks like in practice and how this can be achieved. Dignity in Practice looks at how a number of people who are experiencing food insecurity face not only …
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New briefing from Senscot
Latest briefing from Senscot – Social prescribing: the role of social enterprises – is now available at https://senscot.net/
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Food Standards Scotland update shows little improvement in the Scottish diet
Food Standards Scotland launched two new reports yesterday highlighting the challenge for people in Scotland to have a healthier diet and reduce their risk of diet related diseases. Find out more on the Food Standards Scotland website.
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New community retailing publications
Two new publications about community retailing are now available. Strengthening the future of community retailing is an accessible summary of research carried out for us in 2016 by the University of Stirling’s Institute for Retail Studies. It looked at the sustainability of community retailing. It includes the research’s key findings and recommendations. Staying power compares the …
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Area of Work: Community cafes and retailing
Food poverty inequalities briefing
NHS Health Scotland has just published its latest health inequalities briefing on food poverty, complementing the pages on the same subject that are available on its website www.healthscotland.scot