Around €4.2 million (£3.6m) in funding will be provided to ensure that 25,000 children get a nutritious meal while attending early learning and care services with the highest concentrations of disa
This is achieved through offering hands-on Farm Discovery experiences on local dairy farms, bringing food and farming experience alive for young people.
The partnership will see Sodexo serve over 130,000 meals each academic year, enhancing the dining experience for both boarding and day pupils across the junior and senior schools.
With a career spanning more than 25 years in foodservice, he joins Middleton Foods following 17 years at Green Gourmet.
HCL’s five-year plan is focused on expanding its school meal service across the south of England.
The council also noted that the rise of online food delivery apps and children's easy access to them, can make it even more challenging to tackle the obesity crisis.
The scheme started as a pilot by Cardiff Council and has since expanded into the national Food and Fun School Holiday Enrichment Programme.
York Community Fund’s York Hungry Minds Appeal was set up in a bid to address disadvantage and the impact of the cost of living crisis.
The Knowsley Healthy Schools programme was launched in November 2024 with bronze, silver and gold awards in recognition of a schools attainment within the scheme.