Education

The county council's School Food Support Service (SFSS) was awarded the National Catering Management Team of the Year Award 2009 from the Local Authorities Catering Association (LACA) at its conferenc

Laura, a pupil at Haslingden High School, Lancashire entered her innovative poster design into he national competition - set up by the School Food Trust's Million Meals campaign to enlist the help of

Managing director, John Pickett believes the expansion of his team over the last decade helped them win.

She replaces Neil Porter who has now completed his one year term in office from July 2008 – 2009.

More than 15% of councils have seen an increase in requests for free school meals, with nearly a quarter of those expecting that statistic to rise in the future.

The charge for a meal is being fixed at £2.00 with the discounted charge of £1.80 for siblings.

Chartwells, part of Compass Group UK & Ireland, has provided the catering for 78 schools and two civic centres in Lewisham for the past 10 years.

The research appears in the July issue of the journal Health Psychology, published by the American Psychological Association.

HOW HAS NATIONAL SCHOOL MEALS WEEK CHANGED THIS YEAR? LACA has moved away from a traditional paper based promotion to an online awareness week.

The launch took place at the LACA School Meals Catering Exhibition, held at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole between 8th and 10th July 2009.