Nourish Scotland 2013 Conference: What would it take for everyone in Scotland to eat well and sustainably?  

Edinburgh Community Food and Community Food and Health (Scotland) will both be presenting at this forthcoming Holyrood conference.  Community groups and voluntary organisations can use a discount code (SFS13) to get a 40% reduction on the lower rate delegate fee.

We are in the early stages of planning this year’s event.  More information will be available here soon.

Conference themes and questions include: The Children and Young People’s Bill: towards implementation Engaging and answering to children and young people Universal services: maintaining a safety net in times of austerity The joined up approach to tackling inequality Doing what works: evidence based policy and practice, measuring and learning from the right outcomes Service integration and community capacity.

A skill share and networking day for local campaign groups in Scotland.

This event, organised by CFHS, the Federation of City Farms and Community Gardens and the Food and Health Alliance will give community growers, community retailers and Food and Health Alliance members an opportunity to find out more about each other and the work that they do and explore possibilities of working more closely together.  To book please register at www.farmgarden.org.uk/farms-gardens/your-region/scotland

CDAS and SCDC are jointly organising an event on 12th December in Edinburgh around the Scottish Government’s draft Community Empowerment (Scotland) Bill.