On 18 March 2008 CFHS facilitated a national seminar to ensure that the experience and understanding of low-income communities is included in the development of a National Food Policy for Scotland. The report from that seminar has been submitted to the Scottish Government in response to the discussion paper ‘Choosing the Right Ingredients: The Future …
Policy and planning
Report from national food discussion seminar
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Policy and planning
Related topics: discussion, homelessness, inclusion, inequalities, low income, policy, Scottish Government
Areas of Work: Food poverty and access, Networking and learning development
Implementing Together the Community-led Task Group Recommendations
A briefing produced for the CFHS annual conference 2007 on implementing the recommendations of the Scottish Government’s Task Group on Supporting and Developing Healthy Communities.
Publishers: CHEX, Health Scotland, Scottish Community Development Centre
Publication category: Policy and planning
Related topics: community-led, Scottish Government
Scoping study
A scoping study commissioned by CFHS, looking at the options for greater collective action by food co-op networks in east-central Scotland.
Publishers: Commissioned by CFHS, EKOS
Publication category: Policy and planning
Related topics: Central Belt, community food activity, Edinburgh, food co-op, Lothians, policy, scoping studies
Areas of Work: Community cafes and retailing, Research and evaluation
Fruitful Participation
This publication gives a snapshot of how getting people involved in decision-making around food and health issues can be enjoyable, democratic, empower those involved and make a difference.
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Policy and planning
Related topics: community engagement, community planning, participatory appraisal
Dysart Food and Health Initiative
An evaluation of a project using participatory appraisal methods to explore the opportunities for increasing healthy eating choices in the Dysart regeneration area in Fife.
Publisher: Vikki Hilton
Publication category: Policy and planning
Related topics: access, action planning, choice, evaluation, Fife, food poverty, healthy eating, participatory appraisal
Areas of Work: Food poverty and access, Research and evaluation
The use of food in promoting health, wellbeing and the development of independent living skills for people experiencing homelessness
Roundtable discussion notes.
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Policy and planning
Related topics: discussion, homelessness, inclusion, independent living skills, mapping exercise, Scottish Government
Food, Health and Homeless Initiative: Mapping Current Services
In September 2006, the Food, Health and Homelessness Initiative at CFHS commissioned Blake Stevenson to undertake a baseline study to map the nature, scope/scale and location of food, health and homeless projects, programmes and initiatives in Scotland. Includes Edinburgh Cyrenians and the Salvation Army.
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Policy and planning
Related topics: homelessness, inclusion, independent living skills, inequalities, mapping exercise, research, soup kitchen, surveys
Area of Work: Research and evaluation
Wallyford Participatory Appraisal
Using a range of visual tools the group engaged with a wide range of people in Wallyford to determine what is important to them about local food access.
Publisher: East Lothian Council
Publication category: Policy and planning
Related topics: access, community planning, Lothians, participatory appraisal, shops
Areas of Work: Food poverty and access, Networking and learning development
East Lothian Homelessness Unit food policy discussion report
Response to ‘Choosing the Right Ingredients: the Future for Food in Scotland’ from two focus groups carried out by East Lothian Council’s Homelessness Unit with homeless households in temporary accommodation.