Top tips for people involved in community food activity

Raising funds for your project

How can you find funds to make a difference to the food and health of communities in Scotland? Find out where the money is, how to get it and the resources available to help you on your journey.
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Looking at legal responsibilities

If you handle food, you must be aware of certain regulations and guidelines. Working with the public, becoming a charity and employing people also require an understanding of your legal responsibilities.
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Making a difference

How do you demonstrate that you are making a difference to food and health in Scotland’s communities? Find out more about how to conduct research, what outcomes are and how to evaluate your work.
more on making a difference

Being business-like

Tips on catering, buying and selling food. Support for taking a business-like approach to setting up and running a food and health project in Scotland. Useful information about social enterprises.
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Networking and making links

Help with making local and national links to support your work in food and health. There are loads of community food and health initiatives across Scotland as well as agencies willing to assist you. Find out who can help you.
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Training and development support

Find out how to improve your skills and discover new approaches to your work.
more on training and development support

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Volunteer Development Scotland courses and qualifications

Added on: Monday 4 Apr 2011

Volunteer Development Scotland is offering a free opportunity to find out more about its range of learning courses and qualifications available to develop and enhance volunteer coordination and management at an information session on 19 April 2011 from 10 am to 12 noon in Stirling.   This is an...

Scottish Orchards - Grow Your Own Census

Added on: Friday 25 Mar 2011

Scottish Orchards is undertaking a mapping exercise of orchards and  grow your own projects in Central Scotland.   A census form is available on the Scottish Orchards website www.scottishorchards.com/

New publications available

Added on: Monday 21 Mar 2011

CFHS has a fact sheet and a new leaflet available. TV Dinners provides examples of how groups working with young people have used TV formats, such as Come Dine with Me to teach cookery skills. How to get beyond smoothies...