Report from the event held on 6 June 2012 at Discovery Point in Dundee.
Publications
Fare Choice Issue 60
(June 2012)
Maternal and Infant Nutrition: A Framework for Action; Dr Bell’s Family Centre Cook School; North Glasgow Community Food Initiative – Healthy Start Antenatal Cooking Sessions: harvesting evidence from the field
Publication category: Newsletters
Area of Work: Information provision
What’s Cooking in Scotland? Part One
(May 2012)
This publication is based on the experiences of community groups and agencies throughout Scotland and shows how they have addressed some of the issues that groups have concerns about when planning to set up and deliver cookery sessions.
Publication category: Cooking and growing
Related topics: case studies, cookery sessions
Area of Work: Cookery skills
Cooking in the Community in 5 Easy Steps
(May 2012)
This manual has been developed by Community Food Workers in Fife, and is a reflection of their shared experiences. It is intended to support organisations and their workers, who seek to promote healthy lifestyles within their local community through practical food activities.
Publication category: Cooking and growing
Related topics: community food workers, cookery sessions, food preparation, healthy eating
Area of Work: Cookery skills
Evaluation of Fife Community Kitchen
(January 2012)
In November 2011, NHS Fife commissioned Blake Stevenson Ltd to evaluate Fife’s Community Kitchen, located at Adam Smith’s College’s Levenmouth campus. The report, executive summary and appendices are included.
Publication category: Cooking and growing
Related topics: community food activity, cookery sessions, evaluation, Fife, food preparation, research
Areas of Work: Cookery skills, Research and evaluation
World Cafe Case Study
(May 2012)
With funding from CFHS, Community Organisation for Race Equality (CORE) has produced a case study on its World Cafe. It covers the background and history of the World Cafe, the essential elements of the model, the role of volunteers, the development of healthy recipes and how the cafe works to build links between individuals and …
Publication category: Retailing and catering
Related topics: case studies, catering, community cafes, minority ethnic, multi-cultural, volunteers
Areas of Work: Community cafes and retailing, Funding
The Vital Ingredient
(May 2012)
This publication highlights examples of volunteering in community food and health work and demonstrates the value of volunteering for the volunteers and the community food initiatives.
Publication category: Business and project development
Related topics: case studies, volunteers
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Celebrating the contribution of community food initiatives towards developing local outcomes
(May 2012)
Following on from last year’s popular study looking at the impact of community food initiatives on national outcomes, the experience of a number of local projects in the design and delivery of local outcomes has been compiled on behalf of CFHS by the Scottish Community Development Centre. This publication illustrates and analyses community engagement with …
Publication category: Policy and planning
Related topics: case studies, community engagement, local, outcomes
Area of Work: Research and evaluation
Adding to the mix
(May 2012)
This publication includes the experiences of ten community food initiatives. It looks at how and why they are working in partnership with the private sector, explores the benefits that working in this way can bring, and discusses the challenges that they have encountered.
Publication categories: Business and project development, Retailing and catering
Related topics: case studies, partnership, private sector
Area of Work: Community cafes and retailing
Footing the bill or thinking ahead
(August 2012)
Notes from a round table discussion held on 31 July on ‘constructive food and health policy and practice in the face of austerity’.
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Publication category: Policy and planning
Related topics: discussion, food poverty, inequalities, policy
Areas of Work: Food poverty and access, Networking and learning development