Notes from a roundtable discussion 17 November 2006.
Topic: low income
Scottish Executive’s work with the Scottish Grocers Federation on neighbourhood shops
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Retailing and catering
Related topics: choice, local, low income, Scottish Government, shops, social enterprise
Areas of Work: Community cafes and retailing, Networking and learning development
The CFHS Recipe Book
The poaChing, Frying, masHing and roaSting recipe book is a compilation of tried and tested recipes contributed by community food initiatives in Scotland to improve take up of a healthy diet by building skills in cooking and preparing food.
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Cooking and growing
Related topics: cooking, food preparation, fruit and vegetables, health and safety, low income, recipes, shopping, weaning
Area of Work: Cookery skills
Fare Choice Issue 33
Free School Meals Bill; small grants scheme 2005; study tour to Wales; SCOFF nutrition research; Bridgend Farm; Harvest for Health; Orkney Association of Youth Clubs; Confidence to Cook; Question Time; Food Train; Healthy Scotland Convention
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Newsletters
Related topics: grants, labelling, low income, participatory appraisal, policy, Renfrewshire, school meals, schools, young people
Area of Work: Information provision
Fare Choice Issue 6
Bearing Fruit training; oral health; Well Down the Road (health inequalities, local communities and the future) proceedings report; nutrition research news; Information Exchange
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Newsletters
Related topics: affordability, breakfast, diet and nutrition, growing and gardening, inequalities, lone parents, low income, oral health, training and qualifications
Area of Work: Information provision
Just add …
Report focusing on how to maximise the impact and effectiveness of the contribution from community food initiatives to local, regional and national efforts to tackle food and health inequalities in Scotland.
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Policy and planning
Related topics: breakfast clubs, co-operative, community cafes, cooking, funding, lay food workers, low income, outcomes, Scottish Diet Action Plan, volunteers
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
Routes to Health
Newsletter highlighting the work of two community projects from different urban and rural settings in Scotland – Health on Wheels in Paisley and Roots and Fruits in East Lothian – which run purpose-built mobile food shops.
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Retailing and catering
Related topics: affordability, delivery, diet and nutrition, fruit and vegetables, low income, mobile, Renfrewshire, rural, shopping, supermarkets, transport, urban
Areas of Work: Community cafes and retailing, Food poverty and access
Promotion of REHIS Food and Health Course to low income communities
In June 2006 Community Food and Health (Scotland) commissioned Fiona Burrell to carry out a promotion of the REHIS Food and Health course in low income communities. This summary outlines the results of the promotion.