The 2004 Directory of Community Food Initiatives provided a snapshot of food initiatives in Scotland undertaken by community groups. This briefing paper gives guidance to anyone considering compiling a similar directory on a national, regional or local scale.
Topic: data and databases
Lessons from Compiling a Directory of Community Food Initiatives
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Professional development
Related topics: data and databases, information formats
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: babies, breast 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 5
Bearing Fruit training; Healthier Scotland Green Paper; Teaching Bairns to Cook conference; Open Mouthed report; Starters SCDP Review; nutrition research news; Information Exchange; Inequality and the New Scotland
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Newsletters
Related topics: children, cooking, data and databases, diet and nutrition, Food Standards Agency, inequalities, training and qualifications
Area of Work: Information provision
Fare Choice Issue 1
Why SCDP was set up; CFI database; Food Matters report; Food for Thought conference; breakfast in Inverness; lunch in Leith; Information Exchange; SFCFI; Good Food Good Health; Edinburgh Community Food Initiative
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Newsletters
Related topics: conference, data and databases, Dumfries and Galloway, Edinburgh, funding, Highlands, Islands, obesity and overweight, Renfrewshire
Area of Work: Information provision
Proof of the Pudding
Report of a conference organised by the Scottish Community Diet Project and the Scottish Colloquium on Food and Feeding to bring together a wide range of people involved or interested in community food research to discuss research issues.
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Policy and planning
Related topics: data and databases, evaluation, Food Standards Agency, research methods
Areas of Work: Networking and learning development, Research and evaluation
Regional Food and Health Strategy Seminar
The report of a seminar that explored the different approaches towards regional food and health strategies across Scotland and the support available for them.
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Conferences and networking
Related topics: community planning, data and databases, rural, Scottish Diet Action Plan, Scottish Government, strategy, urban
Area of Work: Networking and learning development
Food Matters Issue 2
Edition 2 of our regular e-bulletin update on developments in food, health and homelessness in Scotland.
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Newsletters
Related topics: communication, conference, data and databases, grants, homelessness, mapping exercise, networking, practice
Gathering information – the role of databases
This factsheet considers how three community food initiatives have developed electronic databases to gather, store and use their information.