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Community cafes and retailing
Community cafes provide healthy eating options at low cost, as well as a range of other community benefits such as reduced social isolation, skills development and increased local spending. CFHS has worked to improve the practice of community cafes through facilitating networking opportunities.
Community retailers (food co-ops, shops and other outlets) increase access to affordable healthy food as well as having a broader community role.
Our plan for 2024/2025
CFHS is currently working with the Scottish Government, community food networks and our colleagues in Public Health Scotland to plan how the community food sector can be supported in the future.
News and updates
Cafes in communities
Self-evaluation programme for community cafes
Community Food Social Enterprise Network and community retailers ‘sharing good practice’ sessions
‘Take Five’ national community cafe networking event, 28 September 2017
Community Food Social Enterprise Network and community retailers ‘sharing good practice’ sessions
New community retailing publications
Community café self evaluation group – outcomes to evaluate impact
Community retailers get together to share good practice
Community café self-evaluation programme
Community cafe learning visits