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.
Food and nutrition training
Promotion of REHIS Food and Health Course to low income communities
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
Notes from the Information Exchange on Cooking Skills Courses
Discussion of cooking skills courses attended by practitioners who were about to set up courses, were already doing so or were keen to build on previous work in the field.
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Cooking and growing
Related topics: cookery sessions, diet and nutrition, food training, health and safety, labelling, local, recipes, shopping, trainers
Areas of Work: Cookery skills, Food and nutrition training, Networking and learning development
Professional Training Opportunities
A briefing paper on the increase in courses in food and nutrition to meet the increasing demand for a qualified work force to play varied roles in helping to improve Scotland’s diet
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Professional development
Related topics: Dundee, Edinburgh, food training, Glasgow, training and qualifications
Area of Work: Food and nutrition training
Lay Community Food Workers
Notes from a roundtable discussion on lay community food workers attended by people who had worked in a non-professional capacity or who had set up a community food worker scheme, and providers of training and other support services.
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Professional development
Related topics: community food workers, lay food workers, trainers
Area of Work: Food and nutrition training
Food, training and learning disability
This report is mainly based on the experiences of dietitians from the Scottish Learning Disability Cinic Dietetic Network that participated in rolling out the REHIS Food and Health course to carers of people with a learning disability in their local area.