healthyliving award; small grants scheme; food and health activity with older people; volunteering and community food and health initiatives
Topic: older people
Fare Choice Issue 56
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Newsletters
Related topics: grants, older people, volunteers
Area of Work: Information provision
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
Fare Choice Issue 54
Tomorrow’s Menu; Turning Point Scotland; Celebrating outcomes; healthyliving award; Beyond Smoothies
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Newsletters
Related topics: evaluation, homelessness, learning disabilities, mental health, older people, policy, substance misuse, young people
Area of Work: Information provision
Fare Choice Issue 49
Recipe for Success: Going Forth conference; Food Practices in an Institutional Context – Children, Care and Control; Edinburgh Cyrenians; Confidence to Cook; Weaning Toolkit; Third Sector Enterprise Fund
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Newsletters
Related topics: children, food co-op, food training, funding, hospitals, older people, policy, Recipe for Success, weaning
Area of Work: Information provision
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
Focus on food services for older people
On 25 February Community Food and Health (Scotland) and Consumer Focus Scotland co-hosted a roundtable discussion looking at issues around older people’s access to affordable healthy food of their choice.
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Policy and planning
Related topics: access, affordability, choice, discussion, food poverty, low income, older people
Areas of Work: Food poverty and access, Networking and learning development, Older people
Going Forth
The CFHS networking conference took place in October 2009 and focused on community initiatives that are developing and sustaining food and health activities that address food access and health inequalities across Scotland. This publication highlights key points from the conference workshops
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Conferences and networking
Related topics: access, conference, cooking, diet and nutrition, inequalities, men, networking, older people
Area of Work: Networking and learning development
Fare Choice Issue 51
National Food and Drink policy; Obesity Route Map; Love Food; Healthyliving award; Making the Case; REHIS
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Newsletters
Related topics: early years, food co-op, funding, healthy weight, hospitals, mental health, older people, policy, Recipe for Success, training and qualifications
Area of Work: Information provision
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.