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Misc food and health
Scottish Borders School Holiday Programme update
Health & Wellbeing Nutrition, Physical Activity & Family Learning Children & Families have enjoyed a range of fun filled activities during the summer holidays across Burnfoot, Langlee, Selkirk & Eyemouth, making the most of quality time off and tapping into the very best of what is available in their communities. Programmes have been developed in …
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Edinburgh award
Edinburgh has been awarded bronze status by the Sustainable Food Cities Network at their annual conference in Newcastle. Further information available on the Edible Edinburgh website
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Malnutrition Awareness Week 1-5 October
The first Malnutrition Awareness Week will be taking place in October. In Scotland Eat Well Age Well are hoping to maximise the impact of the week and are looking for community groups and other agencies to join them in raising awareness, tackling myths and sharing information. More information available from the Eat Well Age Well website. …
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Emergency food aid and community meals map
Urban Roots has recently launched a map showing the availability of community meals, community retailers and food banks in Glasgow. Find out more at https://www.urbanroots.org.uk/freefood/
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Job done
With the imminent implementation by government of a Soft Drinks Industry Levy, the Children’s Health Fund are closing their voluntary levy which has distributed £162,000 to local communities over a two and a half year pilot. More information available on the Sustain website.
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A Connected Scotland: Tackling social isolation and loneliness and building stronger social connections
The Scottish Government has recently launched this consultation . We know that many community food initiatives are doing work that addresses loneliness and social inclusion in their communities, and would encourage you to feed in your experiences to the consultation, which is available on the Scottish Government website until 27 April 2018, with engagement events …
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Would you like to host an MSP at your garden?
Working to improve the laws and policies that affect community growing is an important element of the work of the Federation of City Farms and Community Gardens, who are looking to coordinate visits by MSPs to community gardens over the next few months. This is an opportunity to engage with MSPs and highlight the impact …
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Pilot areas named for new food insecurity project in Scotland
The three areas in which a unique project will pilot new preventative and rights-based approaches to cut the number of people turning to food banks will be announced tonight at an event at the Scottish Parliament. The project – called ‘A Menu for Change: Cash, Rights, Food’ – is a partnership between Oxfam Scotland, Child …
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COVID-19: General public health advice, resources and food safety
UPDATE: 17 April 2020. The Food Standards Agency recently produced guidance for Covid-19 guidance for food businesses and their employees. The UK government has also provided comprehensive advice for food businesses. NHS Forth Valley have produced a useful video on providing shopping to people in your community safely. For the most up to date health …