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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Welcome<br />
Moyra Burns, <strong>Health</strong> Promotion Manager <strong>and</strong> CFHS steering group member, welcomed<br />
participants to our conference. She emphasised that the theme of the event would focus<br />
on ‘making a difference’ <strong>and</strong> the important contribution from community food <strong>and</strong> health<br />
initiatives working towards achieving local, regional <strong>and</strong> national priorities.<br />
Introducing the morning speakers, Moyra explained that they had been invited to give an<br />
insight into current thinking <strong>and</strong> developments in food <strong>and</strong> health. This, together with<br />
opportunities throughout the day to hear, listen <strong>and</strong> share experiences, was intended to<br />
provide an opportunity to:<br />
• learn about some key policy drivers;<br />
• learn about the different structures for measuring outcomes on health improvement;<br />
• learn how these structures relate to work <strong>and</strong> activities on the ground; <strong>and</strong><br />
• learn how practice links to national priorities <strong>and</strong> targets.<br />
Moyra acknowledged that this is not an easy task for anyone <strong>and</strong> encouraged participants<br />
to use every opportunity to take as much learning as possible from the event.<br />
Moyra welcomed Ruth Campbell, the Scottish Government’s Infant Nutrition Co-ordinator,<br />
to the conference <strong>and</strong> talked participants through her request for help with developing a<br />
Maternal <strong>and</strong> Infant Nutrition Strategy. Participants’ attention was drawn to details of an<br />
online questionnaire in the conference delegate pack, which was established to map what<br />
activity is already underway around early years activity. Ruth is keen to hear from the<br />
community <strong>and</strong> voluntary sector as its contribution is recognised as crucial in taking the<br />
future strategy forward. Moyra appealed to participants to let the researchers know about<br />
work they are doing or planning which covers this topic.<br />
Moyra also welcomed Dave Simmers, Strategic Co-ordinator <strong>Community</strong> <strong>Food</strong> Initiatives<br />
North East, in attendance as a food champion for food access <strong>and</strong> affordability on the<br />
<strong>Food</strong> <strong>and</strong> Drink Leadership Forum overseeing the next stages of a national food <strong>and</strong> drink<br />
policy for Scotl<strong>and</strong>.<br />
Moyra indicated that there was a graffiti wall available for participants to comment on<br />
anything they had heard throughout the day or anything else relating to the theme of the<br />
conference. She concluded by reiterating opportunities for networking <strong>and</strong> that CFHS was<br />
keen that no-one left at the end of the day without the opportunity to comment on what<br />
was heard or shared.