Community Food Development Project

This Community Nutrition Initiative provides groups and individuals with practical advice and information on food issues, for example healthy eating, leaflets, access to food, funding, displays and practical skills. These can be included within existing groups and can be tailored to your needs.

For further information contact Community Food Development Workers :

• Debbie Ross - Clackmannanshire Healthier Lives / Clackmannanshire Regeneration Areas.
  
• Wendy Handley- Falkirk Regeneration Areas.
  
• Ulrike Maute - Forth Valley Wide / Keep Well Stirling.

An Overview of Community Food Development Work in Clackmannanshire and Falkirk Regeneration Areas

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An Overview of Community Food Development Work in Clackmannanshire and Falkirk Regeneration Areas (Department of Nutrition and Dietetics - February 2008)

This overview document demonstrates the positive impact of the Community Food Development Worker (CFDW) on ROA outcomes and their contribution to national policies and priorities.

Clackmannanshire Healthier Lives

Clackmannanshire Healthier Lives is a community based project aimed at helping people improve their health and well-being.

They have a team of trained key workers who provide holistic health assessments and offer advice on how to shop, cook and eat a healthier diet, how to increase physical activity levels and how to stop smoking. One-to-one appointments and group sessions can be arranged in community venues throughout Clackmannanshire.

For further information click:

• Clackmannanshire Healthier Lives

Or contact:

• Debbie Ross (Community Food Development Worker).

Keep Well Stirling

Keep Well Stirling provides holistic health assessments to people who live in the regeneration areas of Cultenhove, Eastern Villages and Raploch within Stirling. A network of community food activity will be developed to empower people to have more control over their relationship with food, which ultimately will enable people to eat more healthily.

For further information click:

• Keep Well Stirling or Keep Well Scotland

Or contact:

•   Ulrike Maute (Community Food Development Worker).

Community Dietitians work in partnership with Forth Valley Food Links (FVFL).

Forth Valley Food Links works with local food producers and communities in Forth Valley to increase access to, and availability of, locally-grown fresh produce.

FVFL assist farmers wishing to diversify into alternative crops aimed at local markets and retailers, to helping schools and community-based groups set up their own food growing schemes or fruit and vegetable co-operatives.

At the end of July 2008, Forth Valley Food Links merged with Forth Environment Link, and became a local food project within FEL's projects portfolio.

For further information visit:

• Forth Valley Food Links website
• Local Food Directory. This is a directory for businesses or community projects who produce, grow, process, sell or serve produce originating from Clackmannanshire, Falkirk or Stirling Local Authority areas.

Or contact:

• Janey Brown (Chief Community Dietitian).

Publicity Leaflet


Application Form - 2010 - 2011


Guidance Notes 2010 

Grant Review 2009-2010

Community Food and Health Promotion Initiative Grants 2010 - 2011

The purpose of these grants is to support local communities in developing programmes of health promotion and community food initiatives across Forth Valley.

For further information contact:

• Janey Brown (Chief Community Dietitian).

For further information on this initiative, guidance notes, and an application form, please see the documents to the left side of this page.

The grant review for 2009 - 2010 is attached opposite for your information and can be downloaded.

News Release : 8th January 2010
Healthy Eating Funding Rewarded to Groups Running Throughout Forth Valley

Several healthy eating groups from the Forth Valley area have been chosen to receive a grant to support their work under a Scottish Government funded scheme.  The groups working in low income communities, have been awarded a Community Food and Health (Scotland) grant.  They will use the funding to develop a wide range of practical healthy eating related activities.

Click here for more information and for details of the groups in Forth Valley rewarded with this funding.

  **NEW RESOURCES**

'How to ...run a cooking workshop'

The How to...run a cooking workshop booklet contains all the information you need to get you started taking part in food activities, cooking sessions or demonstrations with community groups or with individuals. It contains points to consider before starting a cooking group, details of equipment required and some useful shopping tips..

There are a series of 8 recipe sheets to base food activities around:
How to...Soups
How to...Lunch
How to...Main Meals
How to...Puddings
How to...Fruits
How to...Fish
How to...Smoothies
How to...Veggie

Before carrying out any kitchen activity please familiarise yourself with the risk assessments: Kitchen Safety Guidelines and Food Hygiene and Safety Guidelines for Cooking Classes.

Contact Debbie Ross for more information.

A briefing pack has been put together by NHS Forth Valley Community Dietitians and has been sent out to over 150 community and workplace contacts throughout Forth Valley. 
The pack highlights key food hygiene messages, it offers ideas of food activities you could run in your workplace or community group and it has details of where to obtain a range of free resources - leaflets, quizzes, posters, balloons etc. Sample copies of several resources have been enclosed in the pack.

Contact Pamela Murray for more information.

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How to run your own community weight management programme

This community weight management programme has been designed to support community groups who wish to run a weight management course. It aims to give those facilitating the course, whether they have a healthcare background or not, the confidence to plan and deliver weight management sessions within their community group.

The pack provides some basic nutritional information and includes a 10 week session planner, which offers the facilitators of the course a step by step outline for each week of the course.

For training on how to use the pack and for further support please contact:

• Alison Porteous (Community Dietitian)

Take life on, one step at a time

This website contains practical ideas on how to improve your eating habits, increase your activity levels and reduce your alcohol intake.

Community Food and Health (Scotland)

"This site provides a one-stop information and networking resource for staff and volunteers working in food and health. It has information on the small grants scheme and there is a publications library from which you can download toolkits and guides. The website also has a directory of community food initiatives throughout Scotland."

Keep Well Scotland

"Keep Well is a free health check for people aged 45-64 living in certain areas of Scotland. It involves simple checks for conditions like heart disease and suggestions for ways to improve your health."
Visit this site to find out where to get a health check and what's involved.