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 …
Topic: co-operative
A guide to setting up a food co-op
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
Fare Choice Issue 37
Food, health and homelessness; Bridges conference; Minding Their Own Business Seminar; SCOFF nutrition research; Question Time; Eday Community Enterprises; Flourish House; Green Door Catering Company.
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Newsletters
Related topics: children, co-operative, food co-op, funding, grants, homelessness, Scottish Diet Action Plan, sustainability
Area of Work: Information provision
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 24
No Fare conference; breakfast service grants; berry funding; study tour to Dublin; regional strategies seminar; food co-ops; SCOFF nutrition research; Question Time; Redhall Walled Garden.
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Newsletters
Related topics: baby feeding, co-operative, diet and nutrition, food co-op, Food Standards Agency, Healthy Living initiatives, policy, soft fruit and berries
Area of Work: Information provision
Fare Choice Issue 22
Foodfest; co-op Community Food Discount Card; Snack Attack programme; Edinburgh Cyrenians; SCOFF nutrition research; Rainbow Family Centre; Food for Tot Initiative; Healthy Living Centres; Healthy Options.
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Newsletters
Related topics: children, co-operative, healthy eating, Healthy Living initiatives, homelessness
Area of Work: Information provision
Fare Choice Issue 8
HEBS community food initiatives database; events diary; Food Standards Agency; Just for Starters community cafe pack; Information Exchange; Smart Cooking
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Newsletters
Related topics: baby feeding, children, co-operative, community cafes, cooking, data and databases, diet and nutrition, Food Standards Agency, legislation, Scottish Parliament, shops, weaning
Area of Work: Information provision
Fare Choice Issue 3
SCDP small grants scheme; acronyms; co-operative retail societies; setting up a Food Standards Agency; nutrition research news; Information Exchange; Foodlinks Conference; Scottish Federation of Community Food Initiatives; Scottish Health Survey
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Newsletters
Related topics: co-operative, diet and nutrition, funding, inequalities, milk, rural, shops, surveys
Area of Work: Information provision
Minding Their Own Business Too
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 …