This publication highlights the important contribution that community food initiatives are making towards achieving Scotland’s national outcomes.
Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Evaluation of the Edinburgh Community Cafe Capacity Building Pilot Programme
With the Edinburgh Food and Health Training Hub, we ran a capacity building pilot for community cafes between March and June this year, with nine cafes in total taking part in the programme, which has now been evaluated.
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Retailing and catering
Related topics: capacity building, community cafes, Edinburgh, evaluation, pilot
Areas of Work: Community cafes and retailing, Research and evaluation
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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
Beyond Smoothies
This short report shows what 20 groups and agencies learnt and gained from running practical healthy eating activities and taking part in the REHIS Elementary Food and Health course
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication categories: Children and young people, Cooking and growing
Related topics: case studies, food training, young people
Area of Work: Food and nutrition training
Evaluation of social enterprise activities
Since 2008 CFHS has offered a range of learning and development opportunities around social enterprise. An evaluation of these activities was recently carried out with the participants.
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Business and project development
Related topics: evaluation, social enterprise
Areas of Work: Research and evaluation, Social enterprise
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
Food, mental health and wellbeing
The bulletin summarises existing research/evidence and showcases some of the organisations in Scotland that are putting the evidence into practice.
Publishers: Community Food and Health (Scotland), Scottish Development Centre for Mental Health
Publication category: Policy and planning
Related topics: case studies, cooking, evidence, food preparation, growing and gardening, healthy eating, mental health, research
Area of Work: Mental health and wellbeing
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Healthy Goals; Evaluation; Community Gardens; a Focus on Mental Health
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Newsletters
Related topics: business, community gardens, evaluation, grants, growing and gardening, mental health, policy
Area of Work: Information provision
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National Food and Drink Policy; Healthy Goals; Obesity Road Map; Child Healthy Weight Interventions.
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Newsletters
Related topics: community development, grants, healthy weight, obesity and overweight, policy
Area of Work: Information provision
Fare Choice Issue 55
Food practices among low-income mothers with young children; community food initiatives tackling food poverty in Ireland; young people, food and health; Healthy Living Tastes Better