Education

A popular theme event in many school caterers calendars, LACA works hard to provide a selection of activities for caterers, pupils and schools to engage with. 

The free webinar focuses on the opportunities and challenges independent schools are currently facing when it comes to serving high-quality, nutritious meals within budget.

This includes a new identity and core focus around garden to kitchen to classroom, all of which is underpinned by a focus on doing the right thing for people and planet.

Food for Life Served Here certification verifies the food on the plate, to support caterers to demonstrate their commitment to climate, nature and health through the food purchased and served.

For the whole of the next academic year (2025/2026), free fruit and veg from local Tesco stores will give children in more than 550 schools a nutritious boost that they might not ordinarily get. 

This collaborative initiative launched on 1st September 2025, with donations calculated after quarterly trading reconciliation.

From September, schools around London and the South East will implement a range of operational practices focused around food waste reduction, composting, recycling, packaging, single-use reduction,

Global services company Sodexo has been providing food at the co-ed independent boarding and day school Clifton College since 2017.

The sessions were provided in collaboration with 68 local community centres and charities near Chartwells’ 1,500 partner schools, colleges and universities across the UK.

Cool Food Pro, the free online environmental impact calculator from the Soil Association, has helped food providers save the equivalent of driving 26 million miles in a car and conserved enough wat