We tackle health inequalities through our food & health development work, cooking, nutrition and REHIS courses.
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Have you moved to bluesky π¦ ? Find us at @edincomfood.bsky.social ππ» Give us a follow for updates on our produce, marketplace stall and deliveries, and our nutritionists work in the community π¨π»βπ³
@ScotGovFairer@S_A_Somerville@SocSecScot Thank you for visiting us at Edinburgh Community Food to meet parents and hear more about the support we offer around Best Start Foods. ππ₯π«π«π
@st_marys_leith@McTSingh Thank you to @McTSingh and all the amazing P7s. We loved to see the enthusiasm of the children and their love for fruit & veg! ππ
We have made the decision to stop interacting on X.Β We feel X is no longer the supportive and informative community it was, despite many of us trying to maintain this. Edinburgh Community Food will continue to post via Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn @EdinComFood and regularly update our website: https://t.co/csn0yn1ZKU
We hope to see you there.
Thank you.
The Edinburgh Community Food Team
Huge thanks to @EdinComFood for supporting pilmenys families over summer holidays by donating 15 food boxes with different ingredients & staples such as milk/bread π₯π
This helped take pressure of families who need extra financial support over the holiday timeππ»
#holidayhunger
Here at Edinburgh Community Foodπ, we respond
to ever-changing needs identified across the communities we support πΈ .We want to see a Scotland where everyone has fair access to money. Chris has written about the development of our Cash First Toolkit: https://t.co/2ES1pbeuoG #CashFirst
You are invited to our 2024 AGM! π
Weβd love for you to join us on Tuesday 24th September to hear about what weβve been up to over the past year.
Let us know youβre coming by booking a spot: https://t.co/8N9lyWel43
We're proud of our joint project with LINKnet mentoring, Eat Well for Oral Health and how it aims to reduce inequalities and improve oral health across Scotlandπ¦·β¨Read our project partner Ahmed's blog about how we do this through our community work π½
Our latest member blog is from LINKnet mentoring. You can read Ahmed's Blog: Closing the Gap- Addressing Oral Health Inequities in Scotland. A great project doing fantastic work to address health inequalities. https://t.co/e7wzfKP7Mo
This week is World Breastfeeding Week 2024. The theme is Closing the Gap: Support for All π Progress in Scotland has been made but inequalities still exist. Those who want to continue breastfeeding do not feel supported enough. Scotland = a right to breastfeed a child <2 yrs of age in a public place πΆπ»π€±π» Helpful resources @parentclubscotland @NHS_Lothian
Feeding your baby: https://t.co/yUl3xPVi4e
#WBW2024 #BreastfeedingFriendlyScotland #TogetherForMoms
The @Food_Foundation latest #FoodInsecurity Tracker shows that 7.2 million adults experienced food insecurity in June 2024:
π Households with more children are more likely to be food insecure.
π food must be made more #affordable
π§π»End the 2-child benefit cap
π Nearly 10 million adults and children are struggling to afford basic essentials such as food, according to our latestΒ #FoodInsecurity Tracker.
And households with children in the poorest 5th of the population would have to spend 70% of their disposable income to afford a healthy diet.
More findings: β‘οΈ https://t.co/eAIZXvgnph
#CostOfLivingCrisis #FreeSchoolMeals
Please share π
Applications for free:
π school meals,π₯ Milk, π§₯ School clothing are open for the 2024/25 school year. Applications must be in by 31st July 2024. Apply here: https://t.co/HutfGpvIdM
Free school meals, milk and school clothing grant applications are open for the 24/25 school year.
You must apply by 31st July 2024 if you want to receive your award before the new term begins on the 14th August 2024.
For more information, visit: https://t.co/7cCmqdVD7c
Interesting report from @bridging_gap_uk π Inspiring to read about what other countries are doing to make #climate and #nature friendly food accessible to allβpolicy and programme examples from India, Canada, Denmark, Italy, Sweden and the USA +. Check it out below ππ»
π£New reportπ£
@bridging_gap_uk launch international #foodpolicy review bringing together case studies from the UK and around the world that support access to healthy and #naturefriendly food for all.
https://t.co/LqTmp5mk7k
Huge thanks to @BurgesSalmon for their incredible #donation of Β£3,333.33 towards our community food work in Edinburgh, working to make sure everyone has equal access to nourishing foodπ Lovely to meet Eilidh who came to meet us and hear more about our projects #edinburghfoodcharity