On 18 March 2008 CFHS facilitated a national seminar to ensure that the experience and understanding of low-income communities is included in the development of a National Food Policy for Scotland. The report from that seminar has been submitted to the Scottish Government in response to the discussion paper ‘Choosing the Right Ingredients: The Future …
Topic: homelessness
Report from national food discussion seminar
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Policy and planning
Related topics: discussion, homelessness, inclusion, inequalities, low income, policy, Scottish Government
Areas of Work: Food poverty and access, Networking and learning development
Fare Choice Issue 43
National Food Policy; CFHS small grant scheme; Whole-school approaches to food education in Ireland; Scottish Grocers Federation Healthy Living programme; Burnfoot Community School; Planting to Plate; Food for Tot
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Newsletters
Related topics: children, growing and gardening, Healthy Living initiatives, homelessness, parents and carers, policy, schools
Area of Work: Information provision
Food Matters Issue 5
Edition 5 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: capacity building, funding, homelessness, inclusion, independent living skills, participatory appraisal
A taste for independence
This guide discusses the experiences of 21 organisations throughout Scotland who work with a range of vulnerable groups. All these groups used food activities such as cooking, food shopping and budgeting to help people develop their independent living skills
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Business and project development
Related topics: homelessness, independent living skills, learning disabilities, mental health
Area of Work: Learning disability
Fare Choice Issue 40
Fruitful Participation; Stakeholders Perspectives on the Diet Action Plan Review; Shetland visit; food, health and homelessness; SCOFF; East Lothian Roots and Fruits celebrate 10 years
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Newsletters
Related topics: choice, food co-op, grants, health promotion, healthy eating, homelessness, mobile, participatory appraisal, policy, sales and marketing, Scottish Diet Action Plan
Area of Work: Information provision
Food Matters Issue 4
Edition 4 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: diet and nutrition, food poverty, food training, homelessness, inclusion, independent living skills, inequalities
The use of food in promoting health, wellbeing and the development of independent living skills for people experiencing homelessness
Roundtable discussion notes.
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Policy and planning
Related topics: discussion, homelessness, inclusion, independent living skills, mapping exercise, Scottish Government
Fare Choice Issue 39
FSA signpost labelling; independent living skills; food, health and homelessness; size discrimination; Aberdeen Foyer; Drumchapel Life; Tullochan Trust; Shotts Healthy Living Centre.
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Newsletters
Related topics: Food Standards Agency, food training, Healthy Living initiatives, homelessness, independent living skills, labelling, obesity and overweight, policy
Area of Work: Information provision
East Lothian Homelessness Unit food policy discussion report
Response to ‘Choosing the Right Ingredients: the Future for Food in Scotland’ from two focus groups carried out by East Lothian Council’s Homelessness Unit with homeless households in temporary accommodation.