This report and summary is the product of discussions that included practitioners, planners, policy makers and academics. Discussions centred around viewing emergency food aid as one dimension of wider food poverty and ensuring we understood the nature and scale of causes, need and impact. The consensus was that local responses had to be informed, joined …
Networking and learning development
Emergency food aid: a national learning exchange
Publishers: Community Food and Health (Scotland), Health Scotland, NHs
Publication categories: Conferences and networking, Retailing and catering
Areas of Work: Community cafes and retailing, Food poverty and access, Networking and learning development
Learning and development programme 2013: feedback from participants
This CFHS fact sheet examines the feedback from the evaluations of participants on the 2013/2014 learning and development programme.
Publishers: Community Food and Health (Scotland), NHS Health Scotland
Publication categories: Business and project development, Professional development
Related topics: community food activity, evaluation, training and qualifications
Areas of Work: Food and nutrition training, Networking and learning development
All on one plate
Community Food and Health (Scotland) hosted a free national networking conference in October 2013. The event was for people keen to share experience, evidence, hopes and concerns on all aspects of food, inequality and social justice. The report gives background information about the conference, conference content and the results from an online evaluation survey.
Publishers: Community Food and Health (Scotland), NHS Health Scotland
Publication category: Conferences and networking
Related topics: community food activity, conference, evaluation, food poverty, networking
Area of Work: Networking and learning development
Study tour to London
The study tour took place between 1 and 3 October 2013. Ten people took part in a busy two days, which included 10 different visits/meetings across London. The report provides an overview of the tour and the organisations we visited.
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Policy and planning
Related topics: access, affordability, food poverty, older people, study tours and exchanges
Areas of Work: Food poverty and access, Networking and learning development, Older people
Second Helpings
This CFHS national learning exchange on food, mental health and wellbeing was held on Wednesday March 5, 10.00 – 3.45 at Discovery Point in Dundee with a focus on self-evaluation and the evidence that is being developed on the impact of work involving food on mental health and wellbeing. The programme from the day is …
Posted in CFHS updates
Areas of Work: Mental health and wellbeing, Networking and learning development
Evaluation learning exchanges
We are offering organisations the opportunity to book a place for one of our Evaluation Learning Exchange days. Each day will have a similar format, reflecting together and sharing learning on various aspects of evaluation eg. setting outcomes, collecting information and what to do with it. The day will include activities and opportunities to network …
Posted in CFHS updates, Events and conferences, News
Area of Work: Networking and learning development
Growing Together – SRUC Oatridge Campus, West Lothian
This free joint event will give community growers, community retailers (including food co-ops, fruit and vegetable stalls and barras) and Food and Health Alliance members an opportunity to find out more about each other and the work that they do and explore possibilities of working more closely together. ‘Growing Together’ is open to anyone involved in …
Posted in CFHS updates, Events and conferences, News
Area of Work: Networking and learning development
Approaches to improving food access/addressing food poverty with older people
Study tour to London, 1-3 October 2013 ‘The main thought that stayed with me the entire trip was – food is what sustains life, nourishes and connects us, threading its way through every part of daily life for older people, it is the universal vehicle for the health and wellbeing of our older population; so …
Posted in CFHS updates
Areas of Work: Food poverty and access, Networking and learning development, Older people
Learning and development programme 2013–2014
CFHS’s learning and development programme for 2013/2014 is now available. It includes half and one-day courses on customer care, health and safety, marketing and social enterprise, and a RSPH Level 3 Award in Nutrition. All of our courses are fully funded. Learning and development programme An evaluation of CFHS’s learning and development programme for 2012–2013 is available. …
Posted in CFHS updates, News
Area of Work: Networking and learning development
Maternal and infant nutrition framework: supporting a Healthy Start
This report provides an overview of an event called ‘Maternal and infant nutrition framework: supporting a Healthy Start’. This event took place in May 2014 and included learning from previous and ongoing work around Healthy Start programmes in the Forth Valley area that were supported by Community Food and Health (Scotland).