Tuesday, March 25 · 10am – 4pm
Woodhill House, Westburn Road Aberdeen AB16 5GB
Ensuring that everyone in Scotland has reliable access to affordable and nutritious food is a core part of realising the right to food and promoting dignity.
The Scottish Government ‘Cash-First: towards ending the need for food banks’ sets a clear direction of travel, with many projects and partnerships across Scotland adopting a cash first approach.
However, there is still work to do to ensure that people have a shared understanding of cash first, and to strengthen partnership working between organisations to deliver a cash first approach.
Nourish Scotland and partners are hosting this workshop for managers and practitioners working to explore how community food projects, advice providers, local authorities, health boards and others can jointly promote cash first, human rights and dignity.
This workshop will provide the space to reflect on how rights-based and dignified approaches are already underway in Scotland, and what more can be learned about our next steps.
Learning intentions
By the end of the workshop, we hope people will have:
- a good understanding of the legal and policy background to cash first, the right to food and dignity
- ideas about how a cash first approach can ensure dignity
- reflect on how community food and emergency food projects can promote and safeguard dignity
- explore how to mitigate risk in a cash first approach
- ideas about how community and emergency food projects can work with, support and complement a cash first approach
