In 2006 Community Food and Health (Scotland) produced ‘Minding Their Own Business’, an introduction to business and social enterprise for organisations supporting local communities tackling inequalities in diet and health. Minding Their Own Business Too is a companion to this toolkit. In response to suggestions from people involved in community food and health work, it …
Topic: business
Minding Their Own Business Too
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Business and project development
Related topics: business, co-operative, social enterprise
Area of Work: Social enterprise
Minding Their Own Business
Guide to encourage those working at community level to explore the potential of new ways of working and to enable those who want to follow the social enterprise route to get all the assistance they require. Considers potential pitfalls and constraints and gives advice and information
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Business and project development
Related topics: business, co-operative, social enterprise
Area of Work: Social enterprise
Minding Their Own Business launch summary
Minding Their Own Business is an introductory guide to business and social enterprise produced by SCDP for community food initiatives. This is a brief report of a seminar on social enterprise and community food initiatives at which the publication was launched.
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Business and project development
Related topics: business, co-operative, social enterprise
Areas of Work: Networking and learning development, Social enterprise
Discussion on Community Retailing
Notes from a round table discussion to explore the issues around taking a more business-like approach when developing or setting up community shops or community food initiatives.
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication categories: Business and project development, Retailing and catering
Related topics: business, co-operative, community retailing, food co-op, Islands, remote, rural, social enterprise
Areas of Work: Community cafes and retailing, Networking and learning development
Fare Choice Issue 36
2006 small grant scheme; Minding Their Own Business publication; SCOFF nutrition research; Question Time; Munch Crunch; Community Food Initiatives North East; Glasgow Children’s Orchard
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Newsletters
Related topics: box scheme, business, cooking, Grampian, older people, parliaments, policy, schools, Scottish Diet Action Plan, volunteers
Area of Work: Information provision
Lothians/London Food Policy and Practice Exchange
The report of a two-way exchange organised by the Scottish Community Diet Project between people working with and within low-income communities in the Lothians and London.
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Conferences and networking
Related topics: access, business, co-operative, community cafes, England, evaluation, hospitals, Lothians, low income, networking, policy, practice, study tours and exchanges, transport, urban
Area of Work: Networking and learning development
The Finnish Experience
Report of the Scottish Community Diet Project’s study tour to the National Public Health Institute of Finland and North Karelia giving an insight into the participants’ thoughts of each visit and what it inspired them to do on their return.
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Conferences and networking
Related topics: business, diet and nutrition, Finland, heart disease, low income, policy, rural, schools, smoking, study tours and exchanges
Area of Work: Networking and learning development
Developing effective community business skills within Scotland’s community food projects
Notes from a roundtable discussion on developing effective community business skills within Scotland’s community food projects
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication categories: Business and project development, Retailing and catering
Related topics: business, sustainability
Area of Work: Community cafes and retailing
Fare Choice Issue 53
Healthy Goals; Evaluation; Community Gardens; a Focus on Mental Health