With funding from CFHS, Community Organisation for Race Equality (CORE) has produced a case study on its World Cafe. It covers the background and history of the World Cafe, the essential elements of the model, the role of volunteers, the development of healthy recipes and how the cafe works to build links between individuals and …
Community cafes and retailing
World Cafe Case Study
Publisher: Community Organisation for Race Equality
Publication category: Retailing and catering
Related topics: case studies, catering, community cafes, minority ethnic, multi-cultural, volunteers
Areas of Work: Community cafes and retailing, Funding
Adding to the mix
This publication includes the experiences of ten community food initiatives. It looks at how and why they are working in partnership with the private sector, explores the benefits that working in this way can bring, and discusses the challenges that they have encountered.
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication categories: Business and project development, Retailing and catering
Related topics: case studies, partnership, private sector
Area of Work: Community cafes and retailing
Case Studies
CORE (Community Organisation for Race Equality) has developed a case study on their World Cafe. It covers the background and history of the World Cafe, the essential elements of the model, the role of volunteers, the development of healthy recipes and how the cafe works to build links between individuals and communities. It is an …
Posted in CFHS updates
Areas of Work: Community cafes and retailing, Minority ethnic communities
Linking community growers, retailers and caterers
Edinburgh Community Food (ECF) was funded by CFHS to follow up the research [PDF, 1292kb] carried out by Blake Stevenson last year, which looked at the feasibility of developing a produce supply chain between community growers and community food retailers and caterers in Edinburgh. ECF is identifying if there is a business case for setting up a supply …
Posted in CFHS updates
Area of Work: Community cafes and retailing
Selling fruit and vegetables in hospitals and health centres
CFHS’s publication about community food initiatives retailing in hospitals [PDF 903 kb] is now available. In early January 2010 CFHS hosted a roundtable discussion about food co-ops and stalls operating in hospitals and health centres. A short report from the discussion [PDF 80 kb], describing the successes, challenges and ideas for best practice is also available. If …
Posted in CFHS updates
Area of Work: Community cafes and retailing
Evaluation – CFHS ‘summer promotion’ funding for community food retailers, 2011
This report summarises feedback from organisations awarded funding from CFHS through a funding scheme run in summer 2011.
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication categories: Business and project development, Retailing and catering
Related topics: evaluation, grants
Areas of Work: Community cafes and retailing, Funding, Research and evaluation
Retail in Rural Regions Final Report – Scotland
The final report, produced from a Scottish perspective, on the northern European transnational study into rural retailing.
Publishers: Community Retailing Network, Consumer Focus Scotland, European Regional Development Fund, Northern Periphery Programme
Publication categories: Policy and planning, Retailing and catering
Related topics: community retailing, European, remote, rural, shops, study tours and exchanges
Area of Work: Community cafes and retailing
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
Community Food Initiatives Retailing in Hospitals and Health Centres
This publication looks at the work of several community food initiatives that are, or have been, running fruit and vegetables in hospitals and other health service premises.
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Retailing and catering
Related topics: case studies, fruit and vegetables, hospitals, social enterprise, volunteers
Area of Work: Community cafes and retailing
Feedback – the value of CFHS ‘January Promotion’ funding for community food retailers
CFHS fact sheet that summarises the feedback obtained from 12 of the 15 community food retailers funded by CFHS to run promotional activities in January and February 2012.