Making a Difference - Community Food and Health
Making a Difference - Community Food and Health
Making a Difference - Community Food and Health
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Introduction<br />
The <strong>Community</strong> <strong>Food</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Health</strong> (Scotl<strong>and</strong>) networking conference has become a<br />
welcome annual event for anyone working in community food <strong>and</strong> health in Scotl<strong>and</strong> (<strong>and</strong><br />
further afield). Events like the networking conference are important to develop our<br />
underst<strong>and</strong>ing, <strong>and</strong> insight to how groups <strong>and</strong> organisations are tackling health inequalities<br />
through food, <strong>and</strong> the difference each other’s work is making.<br />
The majority of our conference participants are working on the frontline <strong>and</strong> making a<br />
difference locally. <strong>Community</strong> <strong>and</strong> voluntary organisations are increasingly recognised as<br />
key partners in achieving health improvement nationally. There are also many systems<br />
being developed to track <strong>and</strong> record progress towards achieving national priorities <strong>and</strong><br />
making a difference nationally. As this is not an easy task for anyone, CFHS encouraged<br />
participants to use every opportunity to take as much learning from the event’s speakers<br />
<strong>and</strong> workshops as possible, to focus on how their local actions are contributing towards<br />
national priorities.<br />
A wide variety of topics <strong>and</strong> subjects were suggested when developing the conference <strong>and</strong><br />
were incorporated where possible into the event. A broad variety of community <strong>and</strong><br />
voluntary organisations were represented, from Dumfries to Orkney, <strong>and</strong> the Western<br />
Isles. Attendance also included representation from the government’s health directorates,<br />
local government <strong>and</strong> the NHS. This presented a great opportunity for those working at all<br />
levels to hear about work happening on the ground <strong>and</strong> to capture a picture of participants'<br />
contribution to delivering health improvement outcomes.