In 2014 Community Food and Health Scotland/NHS Health Scotland commissioned a realist review of community cooking skills activities run by community initiatives and agencies. The review planned to explore issues such as how the social circumstances of participants and the approach of the cooking skills activities can affect the outcomes. The researchers analysed 81 sets …
Commissioned by CFHS
A review of practical cooking skills activities which focus on promoting an affordable healthy balanced diet for adults, young people and their families within low-income communities in Scotland
Publishers: Avril Blamey and Associates, Commissioned by CFHS, NHS Health Scotland
Publication category: Cooking and growing
Related topics: community food activity, cookery sessions, cooking, evaluation, research
Areas of Work: Cookery skills, Research and evaluation
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
Evaluation of the impact of the Scottish Grocers Federation Healthy Living Programme on community retailers
This research looks at the impact of the Scottish Grocers Healthy Living Programme’s training and resources on community retailers selling fruit and vegetables. The research highlights the benefits of both the training and resources, but also their limitations. It also makes some recommendations about how else the programme could support community retailers.
Publishers: Commissioned by CFHS, Traci Leven Research
Publication categories: Business and project development, Retailing and catering
Related topics: community food activity, community retailing, evaluation, training and qualifications
Areas of Work: Community cafes and retailing, Research and evaluation
Mapping of the Community and Voluntary Sector Contributions to Improving Maternal and Infant Nutrition in Scotland
This report sets out the findings from mapping the contributions of the community and voluntary sector to improving maternal and infant nutrition in Scotland. The study was commissioned by CFHS.
Publishers: Commissioned by CFHS, Rock Solid Social Research
Publication categories: Children and young people, Policy and planning
Areas of Work: Families with children, Research and evaluation
The impact of community cookery skills activities on families – a comparison between three different approaches
In October 2012 Consilium Research and Consultancy Limited was commissioned by CFHS to explore the impact of different approaches to delivering community cookery skills activities on families. The research aims to identify and analyse the sustainable outcomes for families engaging in three approaches to delivering cooking courses.
Publishers: Commissioned by CFHS, Consilium Research and Consultancy
Publication categories: Cooking and growing, Policy and planning
Related topics: cookery sessions, families, parents and carers, research, young people
Areas of Work: Families with children, Research and evaluation
Evaluation of Fife Community Kitchen
In November 2011, NHS Fife commissioned Blake Stevenson Ltd to evaluate Fife’s Community Kitchen, located at Adam Smith’s College’s Levenmouth campus. The report, executive summary and appendices are included.
Publishers: Blake Stevenson, Commissioned by CFHS
Publication category: Cooking and growing
Related topics: community food activity, cookery sessions, evaluation, Fife, food preparation, research
Areas of Work: Cookery skills, Research and evaluation
Development of a produce supply chain between community growers, caterers, and retailers in Edinburgh
CFHS commissioned Blake Stevenson to carry out research into the feasibility of establishing a produce supply chain between community growers, caterers and retailers in Edinburgh.
Publishers: Blake Stevenson, Commissioned by CFHS
Publication categories: Cooking and growing, Retailing and catering
Related topics: catering, community retailing, food supply chain, growing and gardening, research
Areas of Work: Community cafes and retailing, Research and evaluation
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
The nature and extent of food poverty/insecurity in Scotland
In October 2014, CFHS commissioned a group of research scientists to consider questions of food insecurity/poverty in Scotland. The main aim of the research was to explore the wider context of household food poverty/insecurity (HFI) in Scotland and to develop an understanding of the current level and nature of HFI to inform policy and practice. The …