Our latest Covid-19 e-bulletin is now available, giving you information on how Community Food Initiatives are coping with the current lockdown and planning for recovery, including putting more activities online. …
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February Covid-19 e-bulletin
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Areas of Work: Covid-19 information and resources, Information provision
Coronavirus (Covid-19): supporting people at higher risk
Two new reports are now available to download from the Scottish Government website: Coronavirus (Covid-19): supporting people at higher risk – qualitative research Findings from interviews with representatives of 16 …
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Area of Work: Covid-19 information and resources
Use of shopping vouchers by food banks
A new briefing from the Independent Food Aid Network examines the learning from the use of food vouchers instead of or alongside food provision during lockdown. Its Cash First Project …
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Areas of Work: Covid-19 information and resources, Food poverty and access
New reports from Public Health Scotland
Two recent outputs from colleagues in Public Health Scotland should be of interest. In collaboration with the Scottish Government, international literature has been reviewed to identify potential impacts of COVID-19 outbreak …
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Eat Well Age Well – the hidden problem of malnutrition
Eat Well Age Well has launched a research study and calls to action as part of its activities to support UK Malnutrition Awareness Week (5 – 12 October). The major …
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Covid-19 responses from the community food sector in Fife
Two new reports are now available that look at Covid-19 responses from the community food sector in Fife, looking back and moving forward. Fife Food Champions are people who have …
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Area of Work: Covid-19 information and resources
Public Health Scotland Strategic Plan has launched
Earlier this week, Public Health Scotland published its three year strategy. It is driven by a vision of a Scotland in which everybody thrives: where healthy life expectancy increases, health …
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New reports from Public Health Scotland
Two new reports from Public Health Scotland should be of interest to Scotland’s community food initiatives. The COVID-19 Shielding Programme (Scotland) Impact and Experience Survey presents the findings of this online …
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Area of Work: Covid-19 information and resources
The Broken Plate 2020
This new report by the Food Foundation, The Broken Plate 2020, documents the health of our food system, how it impacts our lives and why we must change the food …
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New report from the British Red Cross
The British Red Cross ‘longest year’ report includes recommendations for governments and local authorities across the UK on mitigating the effects of lockdown restrictions. The recommendations cover resources to support …