Roundtable discussion notes.
Community Food and Health (Scotland)
The use of food in promoting health, wellbeing and the development of independent living skills for people experiencing homelessness
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Policy and planning
Related topics: discussion, homelessness, inclusion, independent living skills, mapping exercise, Scottish Government
Banking services for social enterprise
Information about the services and key contacts that the main Scottish banks offer to projects using social enterprise approaches.
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Business and project development
Keyword: social enterprise
Area of Work: Social enterprise
Fare Choice special grants edition 2007
Special edition launching 2007 small grants scheme and featuring a selection of the work undertaken by the previous year’s grant recipients.
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Newsletters
Related topics: community cafes, fruit and vegetables, funding, grants, healthy eating, policy, Scottish Diet Action Plan
Area of Work: Information provision
Promotion of REHIS Food and Health Course to low income communities
In June 2006 Community Food and Health (Scotland) commissioned Fiona Burrell to carry out a promotion of the REHIS Food and Health course in low income communities. This summary outlines the results of the promotion.
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Professional development
Related topics: affordability, food training, low income
Areas of Work: Food and nutrition training, Food poverty and access
Supply, standards and strategy
The reflections of Scottish participants of the conference ‘Supply, Standards and Strategy; an international conference examining how to make public sector food and its supply systems more sustainable’ which took place in London on 15th February 2007.
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Conferences and networking
Related topics: conference, farming and city farms, food supply chain, local food, organic, public sector, sustainability, transport
Area of Work: Networking and learning development
Fare Choice Issue 39
FSA signpost labelling; independent living skills; food, health and homelessness; size discrimination; Aberdeen Foyer; Drumchapel Life; Tullochan Trust; Shotts Healthy Living Centre.
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Newsletters
Related topics: Food Standards Agency, food training, Healthy Living initiatives, homelessness, independent living skills, labelling, obesity and overweight, policy
Area of Work: Information provision
Food, Health and Homeless Initiative: Mapping Current Services
In September 2006, the Food, Health and Homelessness Initiative at CFHS commissioned Blake Stevenson to undertake a baseline study to map the nature, scope/scale and location of food, health and homeless projects, programmes and initiatives in Scotland. Includes Edinburgh Cyrenians and the Salvation Army.
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Policy and planning
Related topics: homelessness, inclusion, independent living skills, inequalities, mapping exercise, research, soup kitchen, surveys
Area of Work: Research and evaluation
Scottish Executive’s work with the Scottish Grocers Federation on neighbourhood shops
Notes from a roundtable discussion 17 November 2006.
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Retailing and catering
Related topics: choice, local, low income, Scottish Government, shops, social enterprise
Areas of Work: Community cafes and retailing, Networking and learning development
Fare Choice Issue 38
Name change; national policy; Scottish Diet Action Plan Review; SCOFF research article; Leithland Food Festival; Fruits and Roots; Strathmore and the Glens; Bridges conference; PA training; diary
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Newsletters
Related topics: children, growing and gardening, homelessness, participatory appraisal, policy, practice, Scottish Diet Action Plan, social enterprise, supermarkets
Area of Work: Information provision
Fruitful Participation
This publication gives a snapshot of how getting people involved in decision-making around food and health issues can be enjoyable, democratic, empower those involved and make a difference.