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Posts

• Category: CFHS Blog
  • Why becoming a Good Food Nation will be good for our health March 14th, 2019
  • Reasons to be cheerful part 2 - CFHS cooking skills research. What did we learn about the best ways to run a cooking skills course? January 17th, 2019
  • CFHS blog - Bad mood soup: a personal take on how you feel affects what you cook July 20th, 2018
  • Cooking skills blog: Cooking skills research – Reasons to be cheerful, part one June 28th, 2018
  • Guest blog: Sue O'Neill-Berest from Cyrenians on food insecurity, cooking and using CFHS development funding to run sessions for young mums June 21st, 2018
  • CFHS blog - How can you support people with learning disabilities to eat better? May 14th, 2018
  • Guest blog - community-led research generates more than research knowledge January 16th, 2018
  • New blog post - Pasta with a past: the collective memory and collective consciousness of Scotland’s community food initiatives September 20th, 2017
  • Our latest blog: Social media. What is it good for? September 1st, 2017
  • CFHS blog - from the reading pile ... June 23rd, 2017
  • Cooking skills blog 33: Working with vulnerable groups: Supporting people affected by food insecurity: ideas from practitioners June 9th, 2017
  • Cooking skills blog 32: Practitioner guest blog: 'the benefits of being forgetful and burning rice' May 25th, 2017
  • Cooking skills blog 31: Cooking course resources: updates from REHIS May 12th, 2017
  • Cooking skills blog 30: What are the best recipes to use on a cooking skills course? Part 2. April 27th, 2017
  • Cooking skills blog 29: Finding out if your cooking skills courses are ‘working’: Guest blog: what’s the difference between ‘observation’ and ‘third party’? April 6th, 2017
  • Cooking skills blog 28: How do cooking course practitioners support people experiencing food insecurity? March 23rd, 2017
  • Cooking skills blog 27: Cooking skills research: Are you more likely to cook if you have cooking skills? March 9th, 2017
  • Cooking skills Blog 26: Finding out if your cooking skills courses are ‘working’: Using both questionnaires and observation as methods February 17th, 2017
  • Cooking skills blog 25: Finding out if your cooking skills courses are ‘working’: Guest blog by Jacqui McDowell: ‘The confidence conundrum’ February 2nd, 2017
  • Cooking skills blog 24: Cooking skills research: cooking, confidence and enjoyment January 20th, 2017
  • Cooking skills blog 23: Guest blog by Jacqui McDowell - The social value of cooking and eating together December 16th, 2016
  • Cooking skills blog 22: Finding out if your cooking skills courses are ‘working’: Guest blog by Jacqui McDowell: ‘The impact puzzle’ December 2nd, 2016
  • Cooking skills blog 21: new CFHS guide - What’s cooking in Scotland? Part three November 14th, 2016
  • Cooking skills blog 20: Are cooking skills courses any use to people experiencing food poverty? October 21st, 2016
  • Cooking skills blog 19: Finding out if your cooking skills courses are ‘working’: assessments, quizzes and photos October 7th, 2016
  • Cooking Skills Blog 18: Come and hear about our cooking skills work, learn from your colleagues and share your ideas September 22nd, 2016
  • Cooking Skills Blog 17: What are the benefits of running a structured cooking skills course? September 8th, 2016
  • Cooking skills blog 16: practitioner guest blog –Gail Hutchison: reflecting on two very different approaches to managing and evaluating cooking courses August 25th, 2016
  • Cooking Skills Blog 15 - Researcher guest blog: developing sustainable cooking courses in partnership with people using a mental health support centre August 11th, 2016
  • Cooking skills blog 14. What are the best recipes to use in a cooking skills course? July 29th, 2016
  • Cooking skills blog 13: How can ‘significant others’ help (or hinder) the aims of your cooking skills course? July 14th, 2016
  • Cooking skills blog 12: Finding out if your cooking skills courses are ‘working’: as well as asking participants, who else can you get feedback from? June 30th, 2016
  • Cooking skills blog 11. Recruiting and retaining 'vulnerable' course participants June 16th, 2016
  • Cooking skills blog 10: Finding out if your cooking skills courses are ‘working’: How can you improve your questionnaires? June 2nd, 2016
  • Cooking skills blog 9. The new eatwell guide, the REHIS accredited cooking skills course and ‘training for trainers’ May 19th, 2016
  • Cooking skills blog 8 – How do you find out if your cooking skills courses are ‘working’? May 5th, 2016
  • Cooking skills blog 7 – What difference do you hope your cooking skills courses will make? April 22nd, 2016
  • Blog 6 - What does it mean to support 'vulnerable' people on your cooking skills course? April 8th, 2016
  • Cooking skills blog 5: Does your group eat together at the end of a cooking skills session? March 25th, 2016
  • Cooking skills blog 4: Do you tailor (or target) your cooking skills courses to suit individual needs? March 11th, 2016
  • Cooking skills blog 3: research on involving children in cooking February 26th, 2016
  • Cooking skills blog 2: research on involving children and their parents in cooking February 12th, 2016
  • Cooking skills blog February 1st, 2016
  • Category: Cooking course resources
    • Cooking skills blog 31: Cooking course resources: updates from REHIS May 12th, 2017
    • Cooking skills blog 21: new CFHS guide - What’s cooking in Scotland? Part three November 14th, 2016
    • Cooking skills blog 9. The new eatwell guide, the REHIS accredited cooking skills course and ‘training for trainers’ May 19th, 2016
    • Cooking skills blog February 1st, 2016
  • Category: Cooking skills research
    • Reasons to be cheerful part 2 - CFHS cooking skills research. What did we learn about the best ways to run a cooking skills course? January 17th, 2019
    • Cooking skills blog: Cooking skills research – Reasons to be cheerful, part one June 28th, 2018
    • Cooking skills blog 27: Cooking skills research: Are you more likely to cook if you have cooking skills? March 9th, 2017
    • Cooking skills blog 24: Cooking skills research: cooking, confidence and enjoyment January 20th, 2017
    • Cooking skills blog 20: Are cooking skills courses any use to people experiencing food poverty? October 21st, 2016
    • Cooking Skills Blog 15 - Researcher guest blog: developing sustainable cooking courses in partnership with people using a mental health support centre August 11th, 2016
    • Cooking skills blog 3: research on involving children in cooking February 26th, 2016
    • Cooking skills blog 2: research on involving children and their parents in cooking February 12th, 2016
  • Category: Finding out if your cooking skills courses are working
    • Cooking skills blog 29: Finding out if your cooking skills courses are ‘working’: Guest blog: what’s the difference between ‘observation’ and ‘third party’? April 6th, 2017
    • Cooking skills Blog 26: Finding out if your cooking skills courses are ‘working’: Using both questionnaires and observation as methods February 17th, 2017
    • Cooking skills blog 25: Finding out if your cooking skills courses are ‘working’: Guest blog by Jacqui McDowell: ‘The confidence conundrum’ February 2nd, 2017
    • Cooking skills blog 22: Finding out if your cooking skills courses are ‘working’: Guest blog by Jacqui McDowell: ‘The impact puzzle’ December 2nd, 2016
    • Cooking skills blog 19: Finding out if your cooking skills courses are ‘working’: assessments, quizzes and photos October 7th, 2016
    • Cooking skills blog 12: Finding out if your cooking skills courses are ‘working’: as well as asking participants, who else can you get feedback from? June 30th, 2016
    • Cooking skills blog 10: Finding out if your cooking skills courses are ‘working’: How can you improve your questionnaires? June 2nd, 2016
    • Cooking skills blog 8 – How do you find out if your cooking skills courses are ‘working’? May 5th, 2016
    • Cooking skills blog 7 – What difference do you hope your cooking skills courses will make? April 22nd, 2016
  • Category: From the reading pile ...
    • CFHS blog - from the reading pile ... June 23rd, 2017
  • Category: ​Ideas about developing and running cooking skills courses
    • Cooking skills blog 32: Practitioner guest blog: 'the benefits of being forgetful and burning rice' May 25th, 2017
    • Cooking skills blog 30: What are the best recipes to use on a cooking skills course? Part 2. April 27th, 2017
    • Cooking skills blog 23: Guest blog by Jacqui McDowell - The social value of cooking and eating together December 16th, 2016
    • Cooking Skills Blog 17: What are the benefits of running a structured cooking skills course? September 8th, 2016
    • Cooking skills blog 16: practitioner guest blog –Gail Hutchison: reflecting on two very different approaches to managing and evaluating cooking courses August 25th, 2016
    • Cooking skills blog 14. What are the best recipes to use in a cooking skills course? July 29th, 2016
    • Cooking skills blog 13: How can ‘significant others’ help (or hinder) the aims of your cooking skills course? July 14th, 2016
    • Cooking skills blog 5: Does your group eat together at the end of a cooking skills session? March 25th, 2016
    • Cooking skills blog 4: Do you tailor (or target) your cooking skills courses to suit individual needs? March 11th, 2016
  • Category: Recruiting and working with vulnerable groups
    • Guest blog: Sue O'Neill-Berest from Cyrenians on food insecurity, cooking and using CFHS development funding to run sessions for young mums June 21st, 2018
    • CFHS blog - How can you support people with learning disabilities to eat better? May 14th, 2018
    • Cooking skills blog 33: Working with vulnerable groups: Supporting people affected by food insecurity: ideas from practitioners June 9th, 2017
    • Cooking skills blog 28: How do cooking course practitioners support people experiencing food insecurity? March 23rd, 2017
    • Cooking skills blog 20: Are cooking skills courses any use to people experiencing food poverty? October 21st, 2016
    • Cooking skills blog 11. Recruiting and retaining 'vulnerable' course participants June 16th, 2016
    • Blog 6 - What does it mean to support 'vulnerable' people on your cooking skills course? April 8th, 2016
• Category: News
  • Community meals procurement opportunity April 16th, 2019
  • 'It’s not just a wee cooking group’: Community cooking skills courses – train the trainers workshop April 5th, 2019
  • Community growing fund March 14th, 2019
  • Food Matters March 13th, 2019
  • Public Health Scotland and Community Planning events March 13th, 2019
  • Social prescribing: redefining health and social care March 13th, 2019
  • Job at Scottish Government - Tackling Food Insecurity team March 7th, 2019