New statistics show around one in seven children (15%) aged between two and 15 were obese in 2022 – similar to 2019 (16%).
The funding will allow these schools to run free breakfast clubs for their pupils in the summer term (April-July 2025).
The council has funded free school meals for all primary schoolchildren since 2014. The secondary school scheme was rolled out from September 2023 with £722,000 invested into to schools for new eq
The contract, which is valued at around £135m a year, will see ISS provide integrated facility services including catering, cleaning and technical services to the DWP across the UK.
Following the recent Darzi Review into the NHS, a new report from The Food Foundation using the Global Burden of Disease data, shows the deaths and number of years lost to disability resulting from
Current chair Matthew White finishes his two-year term in the autumn and current vice chair Jayne Jones will take over at that time, with a replacement needed to succeed her.
The Mayor of London reiterated that all children attending state primary schools in London will receive the meals while he’s Mayor.
The Welsh Government set out the commitment in 2021 as part of its efforts to tackle child poverty.
The 100 specially-invited attendees will be valued leaders in the public sector catering industry who are crucial to the Alliance’s collective mission: ‘Working Together to Feed a Healthy Nation’.
The advice is based on insights from a new report outlining findings from the two-year Westminster Works scheme, funded by Westminster City Council, which was designed to address the recruitment ch