🎉 A brilliant day at Gate 55! 🎉
We loved being part of the Umbrella Hubs Family Fun Day in Wester Hailes, with games, crafts, food activities and Chinese New Year celebrations 🧧✨
Over 150 families joined the holiday fun (and lunch!) 💛
Were you there? Tell us your favourite part 👇
💙 Huge thanks to Innes & Gunn for their generous food donations! 🙌
These will help Edinburgh Community Food fill our Pay It Forward food boxes 🥫✨
💛 For every £1 donated, a DIY meal pack is £1 cheaper for someone who needs it.
👉 www.edinburghcommunityfood.org.uk/Appeal/pay-i...
#PayItForward
🌱A new community farm is taking root and it needs you to help it grow!
🗯️Share your voice!
🤞🏼Shape the future!
& Win some prizes!
Link to survey: bit.ly/481rHSq
Delighted to welcome families back to Valley Park for our final Coffee and Cook of the year with Edinburgh Community Food. Delilah showed us how to make delicious spring rolls 🥢 and we whipped up a tasty, healthier Chocolate Chia Pudding 🍫 A fab (and delicious!) day!
Join us for a powerful day exploring how we can build fairer, more resilient food systems for everyone.
👉 Book your place today!
bit.ly/3KC5Wz
#MenuForAll #FoodJustice #DignityInFood #EdinComFood
Lovely morning at Valley Park Umbrella Hub for our Coffee & Cook session! ☕🍳 We made breakfast snowballs — a hit with kids & adults alike. Join us again on 21 Nov, 10–11am for good food, chat & community support. ❤️ #EdinburghCommunityFood
🌍 It’s #WorldFoodDay! This year’s theme: “Hand in Hand for Better Food and a Better Future.”
At @EdinburghCommunityFood, we believe local action rooted in justice & sustainability is key. Let’s act together—locally & globally—for food systems that nourish people & planet. 🌱
🍓 Job Alert 🔔
We’re looking for a caring and enthusiastic Early Years Community Nutritionist to support families with young children (aged 0–5) in our community.
For more details head to our website 👉🏻
www.edinburghcommunityfood.org.uk/News/job-vac...
We were delighted to welcome the Minister for Public Health and Women’s Health, Jenni Minto MSP to our premises. She heard about the importance of our early-intervention work—community cooking, nutrition, and oral health education—reducing health inequalities.
#edincomfood #eatwellfororalhealth 🍓🦷
Great to welcome 7 potential volunteers to Edinburgh Community Food today 🙌
They toured the office & warehouses — and got a taste of the roles on offer!
Shoutout to Karen for making them feel at home 💚
Can’t wait to have them on board!
Email: kmiller@edinburghcommunityfood.org.uk
#EdinComFood
6 fun cook clubs at Maidencraig wrapped up this week!
Run by Edinburgh Community Food at Viewpoint’s supported housing, the sessions looked at eating well for older adults with info on hydration, healthy snacking and simple recipes.
The verdict? Fish pie came out on top! 🐟🥧
Thank you! #EdinComFood
📣 Calling all professionals! Have you used our Cash First Toolkit? We are keen to hear about your experience. Your feedback is invaluable.
👉Take the survey: forms.office.com/e/NgZyp5pQdi
👉To find out more: bit.ly/3UwwrYr
#CashFirstToolkit #FinancialSupport #TakeTheSurvey #PovertyAwareness
🌟 We are thrilled to announce that Jo, our Food and Health Development Team Lead, picked up our award for Best Charity/Outreach Initiative at the Probe Dental Health Awards 2025 in London on Friday! 🏆 🦷🪥
Thank you to everyone who supported our #EatWellforOralHealth journey. 😁
#DentalAwards2025
🍅 Tomato heaven!
Granton Primary pupils are taking their plants home for the summer — we can’t wait to taste the results.
Part of our Growing to Love project with Veg Power, helping 38 schools across Edinburgh turn classrooms into gardens & grow lifelong skills. 🌿📚
Well done to the amazing growers!
📣 We’re hiring! Join us as Fundraising & Impact Manager
Help tackle food insecurity & drive change in Edinburgh.🍓
💼 21hrs, 3 days/week | £35–38k pro-rata
🗓 Apply by 16 July
🔗 Details: bit.ly/45Aikbx
#Jobs #Edinburgh #SocialJustice #ImpactManager #Fundraising #CharityJobs #JoinOurTeam
☀️🌧️ Rain or shine, there’s loads to do in Edinburgh this summer! Check out free & low-cost family activities across the city, updated regularly by the Council.🍓
🔗 www.edinburgh.gov.uk/family-activ...
#Edinburgh #FamilyFun #Summer
We're hiring a Food Insecurity Resource Coordinator! Join us to support food justice and community wellbeing with dignity and impact.
📅 Closing date: Monday 7th July 2025 (noon)
🔗 bit.ly/44llKh2
🎉 Our Latest Newsletter is Out Now! 📰
We're all smiles here to share our latest highlights 😁.
👉 Dive into all the details here: bit.ly/3JtGM3k
#EdinComFoodHighlights #VolunteerAppreciation #EatWellforOralHealth #FoodEducation #Collaboration #NewsletterUpdate #NationalSmilesMonth
Thank you Lindsay, we’re delighted. 🍓🦷😁
🎉 We’re thrilled to announce that Edinburgh Community Food and LINKnet Mentoring have been awarded Best Outreach/Charity Initiative at the Dental Awards 2025! 🏆
A huge thank you to everyone who supported us. #EatWellforOralHealth💙🍓🦷
👉 Watch all the incredible winners here: bit.ly/4dD2wqw
Great to host The Courtyard Pantry, Glasgow Community Food Network, FoodLink NE and Transition Edinburgh South.
Powerful conversations, ideas, and a shared mission: building a fairer, more sustainable local food system across Scotland.
Thanks to @scalliance.bsky.social for supporting this exchange🍓
People in a training room listening to a presentation on food hygiene
Last week, we hosted a REHIS Elementary Food Hygiene course at Edinburgh Community Food—14 participants, all passed! ✅ A great mix of organisations joined us to earn this nationally recognised qualification.
One said: “We learnt a lot. You are an excellent course leader!”
#EdinComFood #FoodHygiene
@edincomfood.bsky.social are recruiting for sessional Community Cooks to assist with their community development projects.
£18 per hour / 18 hours per week / 2 posts available
#cooks #food #community #nutrition #lifestyle
goodmoves.org/vacancy/a4sP...
Come & join our REHIS Food Hygiene Training on Wednesday 7th May, 9.00am - 4.00pm at 22 Tennant Street, EH6 5ND 🍎🏃🏻♀️👨🏻🍳
* prepare food safely and confidently and improve your CV
Register at: www.edinburghcommunityfood.org.uk/Event/rehis-...
#Trainingcourse #edinburghtraining #edinburghfoodcharity
Great day with the Pilmeny Men's Group at our Operation Strawberry Marketplace – coffee, quiz, fresh fruit & veg, and good chat! Big thanks to Leith Gives Fund 👏🍓🥦☕🧠 #PilmenyMensGroup #LeithGives #CommunityDayOut
🌱 Menu for All: Local Food Connections 🌱
Let’s shape the future of food together.
Free to attend – all welcome!
Sign up here: bit.ly/4jB4Srp
#GoodFoodNation #LocalFoodEdinburgh #SustainableFood #CommunityConnections #MenuForAll
📰 Our April newsletter is live!
💙 Bowel Cancer Awareness Month
🥗 New Take & Make meals
🍴 Fresh recipes + cooking courses
🛒 Weekly Organic Marketplace
🏥 Hospital stalls
📍Check stall dates + all the good stuff inside:
🔗 bit.ly/3JtGM3k
#BowelCancerAwareness #PassItOn @nhslothian.bsky.social
🙌 A big THANK YOU to our volunteers who helped pack potatoes & sort resources for our families for Easter Discover! Your dedication means so much.
Shoutout to @TattiesTaeTables for the generous donation of potatoes 🥔—helping us support families this Easter! 🐣💛🍓
#CommunityHeroes
🌍🍏 Let’s Talk Food Waste! 🍎🌍
Buying loose fruit & veg means you get only what you need—less waste, more savings! 🥦♻️
Edinburgh Community Food’s Organic Market offers loose produce, making sustainable shopping easy. 🌍💚
17–23 March is Food Waste Action Week—join in!
#EdinComFood #BuyLoose
