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Flying off the shelves

a guide for community food retailers to help them sell more fruit and vegetables

(September 2011)

This guide included ideas and suggestions about the right location for a stall, making the most of the produce being sold, encouraging sales and promoting a stall.

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Fare Choice special grants edition 2011

(June 2011)

Special edition launching the 2011 small grants scheme and featuring a selection of the work undertaken by the previous year’s grant recipients

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Healthy Eating Healthy Living

A report on the Healthy Eating Healthy Living project for adults with learning disabilities in 6 Scottish pilot sites

(June 2011)

This Scottish Government funded Healthy Eating, Healthy Living Project developed a multi-media educational pack consisting of 26 sessions on healthy eating for adults with learning disabilities. This included five practical cookery sessions. A small team supported six pilot sites in Greater Glasgow and Tayside to deliver the pack and this report describes how the programme …

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Food services for older people

(June 2011)

This study was commissioned by Consumer Focus Scotland/CFHS to provide baseline information about the range and extent of food services for older people living in the community in Scotland. The research explored consumers’ views on these services and sought to address gaps in provision.

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Fare Choice Issue 56

healthy, fresh and local

(June 2011)

healthyliving award; small grants scheme; food and health activity with older people; volunteering and community food and health initiatives

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Orchards and Grow Your Own Census Scotland

(June 2011)

The Commonwealth Orchard has launched its report of a census of community orchards and grow your own projects carried out March 2011. The census includes comments from a range of growing projects from across Scotland.

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Meals and messages

A focus on food services for older people living in the community in Scotland

(June 2011)

Outlines the main findings from the study together with recommendation for action by the Scottish Government, local authorities and local communities.

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A bite and a blether

(June 2011)

Brings together material from six lunch clubs in different parts of the country most of which are run by older people for older people.

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What is the impact of the CFHS small grants scheme?

(May 2011)

Demonstrates the reach and impact of the scheme over a three year period.

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CFHS learning and development programme evaluation

(June 2011)

Looks at what impact this programme had on groups taking part.

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