This study was commissioned by Consumer Focus Scotland/CFHS to provide baseline information about the range and extent of food services for older people living in the community in Scotland. The research explored consumers’ views on these services and sought to address gaps in provision.
Topic: lunch clubs
Food services for older people
Publishers: Commissioned by CFHS, ODS Consulting
Publication categories: Policy and planning, Retailing and catering
Related topics: access, delivery, lunch clubs, older people, research, surveys
Areas of Work: Community cafes and retailing, Older people, Research and evaluation
A bite and a blether
Brings together material from six lunch clubs in different parts of the country most of which are run by older people for older people.
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Retailing and catering
Related topics: case studies, food preparation, lunch clubs, older people, volunteers
Area of Work: Older people
Older People Eating Well
Notes from a networking event for community food intiatives that support older people to eat well
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Policy and planning
Related topics: community cafes, cooking, delivery, growing and gardening, lunch clubs
Areas of Work: Community cafes and retailing, Networking and learning development, Older people
Fare Choice: Special grants edition
Special edition lauching 2005 small grant scheme with information on previous year’s grant recipients.
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Newsletters
Related topics: cooking, early years, evaluation, funding, grants, homelessness, lunch clubs, young people
Area of Work: Information provision
Northern Exposure
The report of a study tour to the North of Scotland undertaken by volunteers from community food projects in the South of Scotland.
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Conferences and networking
Related topics: breakfast clubs, community food activity, community retailing, cooking, Grampian, health promotion, Highlands, Islands, lunch clubs, mobile, organic, remote, rural, study tours and exchanges
Area of Work: Networking and learning development
London study tour
A short account of the Scottish Community Diet Project’s study tour of some of London’s community food projects, which took place in July 2000.
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Conferences and networking
Related topics: England, farming and city farms, food poverty, growing and gardening, lunch clubs, study tours and exchanges
Area of Work: Networking and learning development
Developing effective community catering skills
A roundtable discussion on effective community catering skills conducted by those involved directly or indirectly in community catering to exchange experience, skills and good practice and highlight barriers and gaps to be tackled.
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication categories: Business and project development, Retailing and catering
Related topics: breakfast clubs, catering, community cafes, food hygiene, food training, lunch clubs, meals on wheels, tuck shops
Area of Work: Community cafes and retailing
Micro funding for work around older people, health and wellbeing
A report on the work undertaken by micro funding recipients and findings from a learning event.