The Older People Services Development project produced this healthy eating resource, with support from NHS Health Scotland, in response to an extensive consultation that shows ethnic minority older people can face barriers to accessing information on diet and lifestyle.
Topic: older people
Healthy diet and lifestyle for ethnic minority older people
Publisher: Equality Scotland
Publication category: Cooking and growing
Related topics: access, diet and nutrition, healthy eating, inclusion, older people
Areas of Work: Minority ethnic communities, Older people
Fare Choice Issue 70
Our bumper 70th edition of Fare Choice has our usual news and updates, and also celebrates success and staying our power, both our own and other initiatives.
Publishers: Community Food and Health (Scotland), NHS Health Scotland
Publication category: Newsletters
Related topics: community cafes, community food activity, food co-op, food poverty, growing and gardening, older people, policy
Area of Work: Information provision
Older people eat well: literature review
In early 2014, CFHS worked with Evaluation Support Scotland to commission a short evidence review of the literature on the ways in which the third sector supports older people to eat well. This has now been published as part of the ESS ‘Stitch in Time’ programme. The starting point for the review was the nested …
Publishers: commissioned by CFHS, Evaluation Support Scotland
Publication category: Policy and planning
Related topics: community food activity, diet and nutrition, evaluation, older people, research
Areas of Work: Older people, Research and evaluation
Making the case
This publication focuses on the work of community food initiatives working with older people and will be of use to community food initiatives in building and articulating the case for their work with older people and those considering developing work in this area. It gives an overview of the needs, contexts and strategies engaged in developing food work with …
Publishers: Community Food and Health (Scotland), NHS Health Scotland
Publication category: Business and project development
Related topics: diet and nutrition, evaluation, food poverty, inclusion, older people
Areas of Work: Older people, Research and evaluation
Study tour to London
The study tour took place between 1 and 3 October 2013. Ten people took part in a busy two days, which included 10 different visits/meetings across London. The report provides an overview of the tour and the organisations we visited.
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Policy and planning
Related topics: access, affordability, food poverty, older people, study tours and exchanges
Areas of Work: Food poverty and access, Networking and learning development, Older people
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.
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Business and project development
Related topics: cookery sessions, diet and nutrition, food co-op, funding, growing and gardening, lunch clubs, older people
Areas of Work: Funding, Older people
Fare Choice Issue 57
Training opportunities; food prices; food and nostalgia; REHIS Elementary food and health course; older people eating well; Healthy Start; fare futures; class act.
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Newsletters
Related topics: affordability, community cafes, early years, food training, funding, grants, obesity and overweight, older people
Food services for older people
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.
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
Fare Choice Issue 56
healthyliving award; small grants scheme; food and health activity with older people; volunteering and community food and health initiatives
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Newsletters
Related topics: grants, older people, volunteers
Fare Choice Issue 68