In Spring 2010 CFHS commissioned external research to explore the impact of small grants of 2008. In 2008, 58 organisations received funding between £150 and £3000. The research explored the impact of the grants for individuals, communities and the organisations themselves. Issues around sustainability and key learning were also captured.
Business and project development
Report on research to establish the impact of the CFHS 2008 small grants scheme
Publishers: Clarity, Commissioned by CFHS
Publication category: Business and project development
Related topics: evaluation, grants, outcomes, sustainability
Areas of Work: Funding, Research and evaluation
Evaluation of social enterprise activities
Since 2008 CFHS has offered a range of learning and development opportunities around social enterprise. An evaluation of these activities was recently carried out with the participants.
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Business and project development
Related topics: evaluation, social enterprise
Areas of Work: Research and evaluation, Social enterprise
Early Years Self-evaluation Collaborative Stage Two Interim report
This report gives an account of how the Early Year Self-evaluation Collaborative has continued to embed evaluation systems into its work with parents and children. Five projects completed Stage Two and have written up individual evaluation reports that describe how they are demonstrating the impact of their work.
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication categories: Business and project development, Children and young people
Related topics: children, collaboration, early years, evaluation, outcomes, parents and carers
Areas of Work: Families with children, Research and evaluation
Minding Their Own Business Too
In 2006 Community Food and Health (Scotland) produced ‘Minding Their Own Business’, an introduction to business and social enterprise for organisations supporting local communities tackling inequalities in diet and health. Minding Their Own Business Too is a companion to this toolkit. In response to suggestions from people involved in community food and health work, it …
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Business and project development
Related topics: business, co-operative, social enterprise
Area of Work: Social enterprise
Food, training and learning disability
This report is mainly based on the experiences of dietitians from the Scottish Learning Disability Cinic Dietetic Network that participated in rolling out the REHIS Food and Health course to carers of people with a learning disability in their local area.
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Business and project development
Related topics: food training, learning disabilities
Areas of Work: Food and nutrition training, Learning disability
Getting Down to Business
Report and evaluation from two events giving community food projects the opportunity to find out more about becoming social enterprises.
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Business and project development
Keyword: social enterprise
Area of Work: Social enterprise
A taste for independence
This guide discusses the experiences of 21 organisations throughout Scotland who work with a range of vulnerable groups. All these groups used food activities such as cooking, food shopping and budgeting to help people develop their independent living skills
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Business and project development
Related topics: homelessness, independent living skills, learning disabilities, mental health
Area of Work: Learning disability
Banking services for social enterprise
Information about the services and key contacts that the main Scottish banks offer to projects using social enterprise approaches.
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Business and project development
Keyword: social enterprise
Area of Work: Social enterprise
Minding Their Own Business
Guide to encourage those working at community level to explore the potential of new ways of working and to enable those who want to follow the social enterprise route to get all the assistance they require. Considers potential pitfalls and constraints and gives advice and information
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Business and project development
Related topics: business, co-operative, social enterprise
Area of Work: Social enterprise
Gathering information – the role of databases
This factsheet considers how three community food initiatives have developed electronic databases to gather, store and use their information.