The bulletin summarises existing research/evidence and showcases some of the organisations in Scotland that are putting the evidence into practice.
Topic: evidence
Food, mental health and wellbeing
Publishers: Community Food and Health (Scotland), Scottish Development Centre for Mental Health
Publication category: Policy and planning
Related topics: case studies, cooking, evidence, food preparation, growing and gardening, healthy eating, mental health, research
Area of Work: Mental health and wellbeing
Economic Evidence for the Community and Voluntary Health Sector in Scotland
The Economic Evidence Working Group, led by NHS Health Scotland, has been exploring economic evidence for community led health organisations and how people can be supported to gather and use this type of evidence. In April 2010 the group hosted a roundtable discussion with community and voluntary organisations that have an interest in economic evidence …
Publisher: NHS Health Scotland
Publication category: Policy and planning
Related topics: community-led, discussion, economic, evidence
Area of Work: Networking and learning development
An evaluation of Happy Jack
This report by Blake Stevenson, commissioned by Community Food and Health (Scotland) in partnership with Edinburgh Community Food and the City of Edinburgh Council, is based on an evaluation of the Happy Jack project in terms of its economic value.
Publishers: Blake Stevenson, Commissioned by CFHS
Publication category: Policy and planning
Related topics: economic, evaluation, evidence, research
Areas of Work: Families with children, Research and evaluation
Evaluation of the Food Train in terms of its economic value
This report, commissioned by CFHS from Rock Solid Social Research, is based on an evaluation of the Food Train in terms of its economic value.
Publishers: Commissioned by CFHS, Rock Solid Social Research
Publication category: Policy and planning
Related topics: economic, evaluation, evidence, older people, research, social enterprise
Areas of Work: Older people, Research and evaluation
Fare Choice Issue 10
Monitoring and evaluation; Crossing Borders: food and agriculture in the Americas conference; Parliament; weight management; LETS Community Cafe, Stirling; food industry authorities; nutrition research news; Information Exchange
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Newsletters
Related topics: Borders, breakfast clubs, Canada, evaluation, evidence, farming and city farms, Food Standards Agency, inclusion, parliaments
Area of Work: Information provision
Considering economic evidence? Here is some more food for thought …
CFHS fact sheet that explores the use of economic evidence in the third sector.