Community Food and Health (Scotland) Small Grants Scheme

Funding The grants on offer are between £500 and £3,000.

Funder Community Food and Health (Scotland) is a project managed by the Scottish Consumer Council and funded by the Scottish Executive. Its annual small grants scheme is aimed at groups and agencies that wish to improve access to and take-up of a healthy diet.

Aim Grants will only be given to projects working in low-income communities in Scotland. Successful applicants must also tackle one or more of the barriers to healthy eating that were set out in 1996's Eating for Health: A Diet Action Plan for Scotland: availability, such as the lack of fruit and vegetables at a reasonable quality and cost; affordability, including the costs of getting to shops and the shopping itself; the lack of skills and confidence necessary to cook and shop for healthy meals; and culture, such as long-established bad dietary habits. However, grants will not be given to individuals or private enterprises.