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As a result from a high demand in workshops and positive feedback from participants we will continue running ‘Emergency Food Provision – Dignity during COVID-19’ online workshops from the end of September to January 2021.

What can I expect?

The pandemic has increased the number of people struggling to access food. At the same time, many more people have become involved in providing emergency food services. So how do we ensure this work promotes dignity for those needing support?

To answer this question we have been working with staff and volunteers from community food initiatives across Scotland to develop a workshop that provides you with a space for reflection and a practical understanding of the steps you can take to enhance dignity in your own project.

Join us in this interactive online workshop to:

• learn about the Dignity Principles;
• hear about good practice examples in Scotland;
• learn practical tips and strategies;
• reflect and reconsider how dignity can be enhanced in your practice
• continue co-constructing an understanding of how dignity can be put in practice during this crisis.

Please note that due to the participatory nature of the workshop you will require a computer in order to join.

Is it for me?

Whether you are a new or experienced organiser or volunteer working in emergency food provision responses this workshop is for you! Enhancing dignity is a reflective process and learning from each other’s approaches can always reveal something new for you.

Previous Workshops

The previous workshops brought together a range of people with different backgrounds and expertise in community and emergency food provision from across Scotland. Participants were introduced to the Dignity Principles in the context of COVID-19 and weeks after attending the workshop began taking actions to enhance dignity in their projects.

One participant said:

“It was great to get a deeper understanding of dignity. Relating to what it feels like to be in a situation where dignity is not afforded to you is a very good learning tool. Great moderators and clear examples and practical learnings.”

In this talk, Carina Millstone of NGO Feedback will present the pressing climate, biodiversity, human health and security case, especially in light of COVID-19, to end industrial meat and dairy production. She will present research findings on the scale of global finance propping up this industry, highlighting the need for structural and regulatory changes to move towards Paris-aligned diets. Establishing a parallel with Big Oil, she will argue that food system transformation requires mobilisation of civil society around a ‘food divest- invest’ ask, aimed at eroding the social legitimacy of the meat corporations and their financiers- and of extractive agriculture as a whole.

The talk will be followed by an online Q&A session.

Most of us know that reducing the carbon footprint of our diet means eating less meat and processed food, and eating more fruit and veg, locally grown and organic produce. But these simple guidelines hide difficult questions: Should we be vegan, veggie or choosetarian? Do we prioritise fair trade or locally grown? Can we keep our shopping affordable? Is organic really better? Can we still eat chocolate? And above all, can we still love our food without endlessly fretting about it?

Part of the Ethical Consumer Week, this panel will ask what recipe is right for a low carbon diet.

Join us for a cuppa tea and reflection on the Ethical Consumer Week and how it links to wider systems change. Our theme for this session is ‘our environmental food-print’.

E-mail Anna  for more details.

Where you buy your food from – as important as what you eat? This event will invite you to consider the Better Food Traders nine principles to decide which of these are the most important in a better food future. This session will explore the principles, how businesses have embodied them and how you, as a citizen, can join the ‘Know Better Food’ peer-to-peer support network.

By working collectively as Better Food Traders and food citizens we can shift the bigger food system; making it easier for us to reduce our food choice impacts on people and planet. This session is for anyone who wants to help make this happen.

Part of Ethical Consumer Week.

In the wake of Brexit, growing awareness of the climate emergency, and now Covid-19 we need to look at how we can create a better, more resilient nature-friendly food system. All over the UK food partnerships in towns and cities are beginning to look at how urban farming and food growing can contribute to a meaningful re-localisation of food supply.  Academic studies have shown that 15% of fruit and vegetables could be produced in towns.

There is an emerging cluster of pioneering towns and cities which are taking this agenda forward. The new Urban Agriculture Consortium is looking to work with a range of pathfinder places to explore how this might best be supported in the coming years.  As this work is at an early stage, this networking and discussion session (part of Ethical Consumer Week) will help to shape the programme across the North and in other parts of the UK.

As a result from a high demand in workshops and positive feedback from participants we will continue running ‘Emergency Food Provision – Dignity during COVID-19’ online workshops from the end of September to January 2021.

What can I expect?

The pandemic has increased the number of people struggling to access food. At the same time, many more people have become involved in providing emergency food services. So how do we ensure this work promotes dignity for those needing support?

To answer this question we have been working with staff and volunteers from community food initiatives across Scotland to develop a workshop that provides you with a space for reflection and a practical understanding of the steps you can take to enhance dignity in your own project.

Join us in this interactive online workshop to:

• learn about the Dignity Principles;
• hear about good practice examples in Scotland;
• learn practical tips and strategies;
• reflect and reconsider how dignity can be enhanced in your practice
• continue co-constructing an understanding of how dignity can be put in practice during this crisis.

Please note that due to the participatory nature of the workshop you will require a computer in order to join.

Is it for me?

Whether you are a new or experienced organiser or volunteer working in emergency food provision responses this workshop is for you! Enhancing dignity is a reflective process and learning from each other’s approaches can always reveal something new for you.

Previous Workshops

The previous workshops brought together a range of people with different backgrounds and expertise in community and emergency food provision from across Scotland. Participants were introduced to the Dignity Principles in the context of COVID-19 and weeks after attending the workshop began taking actions to enhance dignity in their projects.

One participant said:

“It was great to get a deeper understanding of dignity. Relating to what it feels like to be in a situation where dignity is not afforded to you is a very good learning tool. Great moderators and clear examples and practical learnings.”

Councillor Martha Wardrop and a GCC officer have agreed to attend and answer questions on the opportunities for new sites in Glasgow, the legislation (which includes a duty on local authorities to provide allotments) and the Food Growing Strategy which includes an action to develop new sites if demand is shown.

Please sign up to access the webinar and send any questions you have to GAFForum@gmail.com

Join us for a cuppa tea and reflection on the Ethical Consumer Week and how it links to wider systems change. Our theme for this session is ‘our relationships with food’.

E-mail Anna  for more details.

Are you able to get enough veg everyday? Do want to make it easier for people where you live to eat good food? Let’s discuss and take action!

This is an interactive Zoom session that looks at some of the obstacles we have in Scotland to sourcing and eating good food, specifically fresh veg. It’s an opportunity to learn how the current food system works, and to discuss as group the different barriers we face and how we might overcome them in our communities. Our aim is to look at a whole systems approach to food, get lived experiences of our food environment and invite those with a passion for change to become Veg Advocates to help us to tackle some of the issues as individuals and part of our communities.

What can I expect?

We hope to explore the difficulties in accessing nutritious food (both personal and collective), learn about UK’s health outlook and how it relates to food, and find practical steps to get involved and be part of the solution. Join us in this workshop to:

hear what the Pease Please project is about

learn current stats and facts about the UK national veg intake

learn practical tips and strategies that can help your own community to eat more veg

reflect on current practices and barriers for people to access healthy food

share your own knowledge and experiences

learn how to become a Veg Advocate

Is it for me?

If you eat you are in! We are looking for people who are passionate about veg to get involved, share their experience and commitment, and work with us to find solutions together. We want to explore the food system and the challenges to accessing and eating more veg, and especially interested in hearing thoughts of those with lived experience of food insecurity. Participants will also be given a £10 shopping voucher for their time.

Peas Please is about making it easier for people to access and eat more veg – but we know that just telling people to eat more veg doesn’t work, so what does? By working with farmers, high street food chains, restaurants, supermarkets, governments and people like YOU, all at the same time, we can make sure everyone can eat enough veg.