This report is based on the results of an online survey completed by 35 people that had completed an accredited nutrition course.
Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Far reaching fare
This publication looks at the role that community initiatives can play in building reach into policy and practice around food access.
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Policy and planning
Related topics: case studies, community food activity, inclusion, inequalities, policy
Area of Work: Food poverty and access
The impact of cooking courses on families
This short report provides a summary of research commissioned by CFHS that studied the impact of cooking skills on families.
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication categories: Cooking and growing, Policy and planning
Related topics: cookery sessions, families, parents and carers, training and qualifications, young people
Areas of Work: Cookery skills, Families with children, Research and evaluation
Fare Choice Issue 62
NHS Health Scotland; sustainability; food as an action focus; inequalities; food poverty
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Newsletters
Related topics: community food activity, food poverty, inequalities, policy, sustainability
Area of Work: Information provision
Cooking up connections
This publication gives a flavour of what community food initiatives and disability learning support providers are doing to offer adults with learning disabilities access to food and health activities in order to improve their health and wellbeing.
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication categories: Cooking and growing, Policy and planning
Related topics: case studies, community food activity, diet and nutrition, inclusion, learning disabilities, training and qualifications
Areas of Work: Cookery skills, Food and nutrition training, Learning disability
Micro funding for work around older people, health and wellbeing
A report on the work undertaken by micro funding recipients and findings from a learning event.
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Business and project development
Related topics: cookery sessions, diet and nutrition, food co-op, funding, growing and gardening, lunch clubs, older people
Areas of Work: Funding, Older people
Strengthening food work across ethnic minority communities: a focus on maternal and infant nutrition
This mapping exercise was carried out to provide a snapshot of voluntary and community organisations’ activity in relation to maternal and infant nutrition across ethnic minority communities in Scotland.
Publishers: BEMIS Scotland, Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication categories: Children and young people, Policy and planning
Related topics: baby feeding, children, diet and nutrition, mapping exercise, minority ethnic, parents and carers, women and mothers
Areas of Work: Families with children, Minority ethnic communities
From the ground up
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.
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
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
CFHS networking conference 2012: key themes from the table discussion
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 …
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Conferences and networking
Related topics: community food activity, conference, discussion, food poverty, inequalities, policy
Area of Work: Networking and learning development
Building blocks and baby steps
This report reflects a short programme of work to investigate the impact and influence of community food intiatives in relation to maternal and infant nutrition.