February 2015 edition of our regular newsletter, featuring updates from the CFHS team, food and health policy news and practice, and features from the community food and health sector.
Publications
Fare Choice Issue 68
Now you're talking
(February 2015)
Publishers: Community Food and Health (Scotland), NHS Health Scotland
Publication category: Newsletters
Related topics: access, affordability, community cafes, community food activity, conference, cookery sessions, older people, policy
Area of Work: Information provision
Publication category: Newsletters
Related topics: access, affordability, community cafes, community food activity, conference, cookery sessions, older people, policy
Area of Work: Information provision
CFHS Annual Networking Conference 2014 report
(February 2015)
Community Food and Health (Scotland) hosted a national networking conference in October 2014. The aim of the conference was to provide a valuable day for those involved in tackling health inequalities through community food activity.
Publishers: Community Food and Health (Scotland), NHS Health Scotland
Publication category: Conferences and networking
Area of Work: Networking and learning development
Publication category: Conferences and networking
Area of Work: Networking and learning development
The contribution of community-based food and health activities to Improving Maternal and Infant Nutrition
A Framework for Action
(February 2015)
CFHS’s new publication summarises the early years activities of 18 groups and agencies it funded in 2013 through the CFHS development fund. Improving Maternal and Infant Nutrition: A Framework for Action [PDF, 175kb]
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Children and young people
Area of Work: Families with children
Publication category: Children and young people
Area of Work: Families with children
Food plus in practice
(March 2015)
How community food initiatives working to reduce food poverty are delivering a range of services. The publication includes examples of eight community food initiatives that are offering emergency food aid and more.
Publishers: Community Food and Health (Scotland), NHS Health Scotland
Publication category: Policy and planning
Areas of Work: Community cafes and retailing, Food poverty and access
Publication category: Policy and planning
Areas of Work: Community cafes and retailing, Food poverty and access
Second helpings
National learning exchange on food, mental health and wellbeing
(October 2014)
Following on from the Mind the Menu event in 2012, Second Helpings offered a further opportunity for organisations working in the field to network and share their practice.
Publishers: Community Food and Health (Scotland), NHS Health Scotland
Publication category: Conferences and networking
Related topics: community food activity, conference, evaluation, mental health, networking
Areas of Work: Mental health and wellbeing, Networking and learning development
Publication category: Conferences and networking
Related topics: community food activity, conference, evaluation, mental health, networking
Areas of Work: Mental health and wellbeing, Networking and learning development
Fare Choice 67
Increasing the volume
(October 2014)
The October 2014 edition of Fare Choice also includes a readership survey which can also be completed online. http://surveys.healthscotland.com/index.php/298861/lang-en
Publishers: Community Food and Health (Scotland), NHS Health Scotland
Publication category: Newsletters
Area of Work: Information provision
Publication category: Newsletters
Area of Work: Information provision
Community cafe event, June 2014
(October 2014)
CFHS held a networking event for community cafes on 26 June 2014 in Glasgow. The aims of the event were to give everyone taking part the chance to meet staff and volunteers from other community cafes; space and time to think about and discuss the future; the chance to find out about the Edinburgh Community …
Publishers: Community Food and Health (Scotland), NHS Health Scotland
Publication categories: Conferences and networking, Retailing and catering
Related topics: community cafes, community food activity, healthy eating, networking
Areas of Work: Community cafes and retailing, Networking and learning development
Publication categories: Conferences and networking, Retailing and catering
Related topics: community cafes, community food activity, healthy eating, networking
Areas of Work: Community cafes and retailing, Networking and learning development
Older people eat well: literature review
(May 2014)
In early 2014, CFHS worked with Evaluation Support Scotland to commission a short evidence review of the literature on the ways in which the third sector supports older people to eat well. This has now been published as part of the ESS ‘Stitch in Time’ programme. The starting point for the review was the nested …
Publishers: Commissioned by CFHS, Evaluation Support Scotland
Publication category: Policy and planning
Related topics: community food activity, diet and nutrition, evaluation, older people, research
Areas of Work: Older people, Research and evaluation
Publication category: Policy and planning
Related topics: community food activity, diet and nutrition, evaluation, older people, research
Areas of Work: Older people, Research and evaluation
A review of practical cooking skills activities which focus on promoting an affordable healthy balanced diet for adults, young people and their families within low-income communities in Scotland
(May 2015)
In 2014 Community Food and Health Scotland/NHS Health Scotland commissioned a realist review of community cooking skills activities run by community initiatives and agencies. The review planned to explore issues such as how the social circumstances of participants and the approach of the cooking skills activities can affect the outcomes. The researchers analysed 81 sets …
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Publication category: Cooking and growing
Related topics: community food activity, cookery sessions, cooking, evaluation, research
Areas of Work: Cookery skills, Research and evaluation