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Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic lived experiences on access to healthy food and greenspace: Workshop summary

Publication Date
November 2024
Type
  • Lived experience
  • Reports
Topic
  • Right to a healthy environment
Synopsis

The Race & the Right to a Healthy Environment is a participatory research project aiming to establish a benchmark, common understanding and platform to begin to respond to the priorities of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic groups in Scotland. This is a summary of the workshops held on 22 August 2024, in which 36 participants from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic groups shared their lived experiences on access to greenspace and healthy and sustainable food.

This project is a collaboration between ERCS, CEMVO Scotland, The Poverty Alliance and Nourish Scotland.

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