Healthier food - Healthier lives - Healthier futures
This 1-hour workshop is designed to support families struggling with fussy eating behaviours. It aims to improve confidence and provide practical techniques for managing picky eating and reduce mealtime stress. Read more
This 1-hour workshop is designed to support parents and carers through their weaning journey. It aims to increase weaning confidence by providing all the information needed to start introducing food, as well as addressing common questions and concerns. Read more
Some sweet recipes lower in sugar Read more
Elementary Food & Health is a nationally recognised seven hour course which provides training in the principles of good nutrition and getting a healthy, balanced diet. Our highly qualified team of friendly and approachable Association for Nutrition-registered Nutritionists have wide experience of delivering REHIS training to people from different backgrounds and all levels of experience. Read more
A professionally and nationally recognised certificated course which provides training in the principles and practices of good food hygiene. This interesting and useful course is designed for all food handlers working or volunteering in a catering role. Read more
Spend the week with Theodora, one of our Food & Health Development Officers. Edinburgh Community Food is all about good food but there's a lot to be done to make it all work! Read more
Thank you to Mark Murphy's for producing this video of our visit to Blacketyside Farm. Watch it here! Read more
Our CEO, Brenda Black, has been awarded a coveted Churchill Fellowship which will enable her to travel to Canada, Switzerland, and Italy, as well as online exploration of Columbia, to research how they approach improving health outcomes for food-insecure young mothers and children. Read more
Following delivery of our successful Eat Well for Oral Health cooking groups, we invite community professionals to take part in our free oral health and nutrition train the trainer course to provide confidence and support to allow continuation of the project in your local area. Read more
Join us for REHIS Eating Well for Older People. This course aims to provide participants with the knowledge and appreciation of the importance of good nutrition for older people and how to support them to eat well. Read more
We were delighted to be able to host the ‘Big Lunch’ at Operation Strawberry in our warehouse! This was an event to welcome people from our local area and to celebrate the contribution that our fantastic volunteers make at Edinburgh Community Food 🍓 Read more
We were delighted to speak to the Oral Health Foundation as part of National Smile Month about our Eat Well for Oral Health Project. Have a listen! Read more
We are delighted that Fife Council have launched our Take & Make meals around Dunfermline and Cowdenbeath to be used in their adult cooking groups and pantries, all part of their health development work with NHS Fife. Read more
Louise has been on a mission recently to increase the amount of plant-based foods in her diet to up the amount of fibre in her diet. Check out Louise's blog to find out how she got on and what she found helped. Read more
Our Leith Chooses funded project for 2024 is underway! We're launching our 'Fun, Fit & Fed' project in partnership with Upmo community cafes in Leith Victoria and Ainslie Park Edinburgh Leisure venues. Head along to pick up a free Take & Make meal kit! #FunFitFed Read more
Hydration is critical to health but is often overlooked. Water makes up 2/3 of our body! Check out our resource on how to stay hydrated. Read more
Look out for our Electric Van, helping to deliver food across the city more sustainably. Read more
Edinburgh Community Food teamed up with Nourish Scotland and Forth Environment Link to deliver the Local Food Champions project. This project aimed to link our community with local food producers. Read more
We're delighted to be in partnership with Jock Tamson's Gairden who provide us with delicious local and seasonal produce. You should really take a visit to this beautiful growing space in Edinburgh. Read more
Information, a toolkit and resources on Cash First approaches for organisations supporting their communities with money worries. Read more
At Edinburgh Community Food, we believe everyone has the right to nourishing food that supports their mental and physical well-being. On Friday 6th October, we're launching our 'Menu for All' network. ‘Menu for All’ will combine food and support access aims to give Edinburgh the scalable capacity to respond to need, build and coordinate capacity across the city, and provide accessible and reliable services of support to those most in need in times of crisis. Read more
Here you'll find some short cooking videos to support our Discover! families. Read more
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Read our "Eating Well When Breastfeeding" leaflet, produced for World Breastfeeding Week 2023 Read more