Through its work CFHS was aware that a number of housing associations were involved in delivering or supporting community food and health work. This publication showcases some examples of housing associations involved in community food and health work.
Retailing and catering
Healthy Living Tastes Better
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Retailing and catering
Related topics: case studies, community retailing, food co-op, housing associations
Area of Work: Community cafes and retailing
Evaluation of the Edinburgh Community Cafe Capacity Building Pilot Programme
With the Edinburgh Food and Health Training Hub, we ran a capacity building pilot for community cafes between March and June this year, with nine cafes in total taking part in the programme, which has now been evaluated.
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Retailing and catering
Related topics: capacity building, community cafes, Edinburgh, evaluation, pilot
Areas of Work: Community cafes and retailing, Research and evaluation
Notes from roundtable discussion on community retailing in hospitals January 2010
Notes from a roundtable discussion on community retailing in hospital hosted by Community Food and Health (Scotland) on 14 January 2010
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Retailing and catering
Related topics: community retailing, food co-op, fruit and vegetables, social enterprise
Areas of Work: Community cafes and retailing, Networking and learning development
Summary of Scottish Grocers Federation healthy living pilot evaluation
Brief summary of the findings from the evaluation of the Scottish Grocers Federation healthy living pilot
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Retailing and catering
Related topics: evaluation, fruit and vegetables, Healthy Living initiatives, pilot, sales and marketing, shops, training and qualifications
Areas of Work: Community cafes and retailing, Research and evaluation
Scottish Grocers Federation Healthy Living Pilot Evaluation
CFHS commissioned EKOS to produce a report on the evaluation of the SGF Healthy Living programme pilot. The pilot rolled out the training and resources available through the programme to 27 community food initiatives. The evaluation looks at the impact that the pilot has made on the community food initiatives involved, and includes case studies …
Publishers: Commissioned by CFHS, EKOS
Publication category: Retailing and catering
Related topics: food co-op, Healthy Living initiatives, local, pilot, shops, training and qualifications
Areas of Work: Community cafes and retailing, Research and evaluation
A guide to setting up a food co-op
A guide developed in partnership with West Lothian Council, West Lothian Health and Care Partnership and West Lothian Food and Health Development (WELFEHD) to support local communities to realise their idea of starting a community led food project (known as food co-ops in West Lothian). This guide will give you some food for thought and …
Publisher: West Lothian Food and Health Development
Publication category: Retailing and catering
Related topics: access, co-operative, community-led, diet and nutrition, food co-op, fruit and vegetables, local food, Lothians
Area of Work: Community cafes and retailing
Take-away Health
An interesting report on take-aways earlier in the summer. The study looked at nutritional information available to consumers using the country’s leading take-away chains. It also looked at what information consumers would expect and how they would use it.
Publisher: Consumer Focus
Publication category: Retailing and catering
Related topics: diet and nutrition, fast food and takeaways, inclusion
Area of Work: Community cafes and retailing
Cut-price, what cost?
The fourth in a series of reports in which the National Consumer Council (soon to become part of the new agency Consumer Focus) rate the UK’s top eight supermarkets on how they help their customers shop, cook and eat more healthily. The ratings are based on the salt content of supermarkets’ own-brand foods, front and …
Publisher: Consumer Focus
Publication category: Retailing and catering
Related topics: labelling, supermarkets
Area of Work: Community cafes and retailing
Report on research into community cafes in Scotland
This research report on community cafes, produced for CFHS by Clarity, looks in detail at the operation and management of 12 community cafes from across Scotland.