The CFHS annual networking conference took place at the Grand Central Hotel in Glasgow on Wednesday 7 November. On the right track? brought together everyone who has a role or interest in community food and health activity that addresses health inequalities in Scotland. The conference programme featured three separate parts: a discussion kicked off by Dr. Deirdre …
Publications
CFHS networking conference 2012: key themes from the table discussion
(January 2013)
Publication category: Conferences and networking
Related topics: community food activity, conference, discussion, food poverty, inequalities, policy
Area of Work: Networking and learning development
From Local to National and Back Again
Learning exchanges betwen community and voluntary sector health organisations and Scottish Government civil servants
(October 2012)
Three health intermediaries, CFHS, VHS and CHEX, in collaboration with the Scottish Government Third Sector Unit created opportunities for structured dialogue between community-led health organisations and Scottish Government officials.
Publication category: Policy and planning
Area of Work: Networking and learning development
Shared tastes and common values
food, health, communities and co-operation in Scotland
(November 2012)
Exploring Scotland’s past, current and potential future relationship between co-operation, food and health.
Publication category: Retailing and catering
Related topics: case studies, community food activity, community retailing, food co-op, social enterprise
Areas of Work: Community cafes and retailing, Social enterprise
Putting Healthy Start on the map
(November 2012)
Report from a pilot to promote maternal and infant nutrition and ‘Healthy Start’ in Falkirk
Publication category: Children and young people
Related topics: baby feeding, children, funding, infant nutrition, pregnancy and maternal health, weaning
Area of Work: Families with children
Fare Choice Issue 61
Know change
(October 2012)
food poverty; maternal and infant nutrition;community cookery; international year of co-operatives
Publication category: Newsletters
Area of Work: Information provision
What’s Cooking in Scotland? Part Two
How community food initiatives are finding out about the impact of cookery courses
(September 2012)
This publication gathers information from policies, research, and community food initiatives in Scotland to find out what difference community cookery makes to people in low-income communities.
Publication category: Cooking and growing
Related topics: case studies, cookery sessions
Area of Work: Cookery skills
Chat and Chaat
(September 2012)
This resource is a healthy eating manual of South Asian recipes from groups based in and around Edinburgh. Developed in cookery and nutrition workshops, held as part of the NHS Lothian Khush Dil Project between 2002 and 2008, the recipes are a mixture of traditional dishes and new creations that groups have worked to make healthier …
Publication category: Cooking and growing
Related topics: cooking, diet and nutrition, multi-cultural, recipes
Areas of Work: Cookery skills, Minority ethnic communities
Feedback – the value of CFHS ‘January Promotion’ funding for community food retailers
Fact sheet
(April 2012)
CFHS fact sheet that summarises the feedback obtained from 12 of the 15 community food retailers funded by CFHS to run promotional activities in January and February 2012.
Publication category: Retailing and catering
Areas of Work: Community cafes and retailing, Funding
Considering economic evidence? Here is some more food for thought …
Fact sheet
(August 2012)
CFHS fact sheet that explores the use of economic evidence in the third sector.
Publication category: Business and project development
Related topics: evaluation, evidence, social enterprise, third sector
From the ground up
A snapshot of community and voluntary contributions to improving maternal and infant nutrition in Scotland
(February 2013)
This report represents a snapshot of community and voluntary sector activity that supported maternal and infant nutrition at a particular point in time – spring 2012.
Full details »
Publication categories: Children and young people, Policy and planning
Related topics: baby feeding, case studies, children, diet and nutrition, parents and carers, policy, women and mothers
Area of Work: Families with children