Children's Food Campaign
@Childrensfood
Campaigning to improve young people’s wellbeing via good food & food education in schools; protecting children from junk food marketing; clear food labelling
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The Food Foundation
An independent organisation aiming to present solutions to government and the private sector to address the growing challenges facing the UK’s food system.
Zoe Griffiths RNutr
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Bite Back 2030
We believe every young person deserves access to healthy, nutritious food — but right now, that’s not our reality. Join the youth-led movement for change.
Obesity Health Alliance
A coalition of 40+ organisations working together to reduce overweight & obesity
Dolitics
Visiting Researcher @MRC_Epid 👩🏼🎓| Policy Consultant | Co-founder @5050Parliament #AskHerToStand🗳| QPR ⚽️ | Ambassador @Tempus_Novo & @SaluteHerUK | 🏳️🌈
Support for #FeedtheFuture growing across political & business spectrum. Great to hear Richard Walker add his backing on BBC Radio 4 Today this morning & talk abt 'investing in children's ability to concentrate & learn' as a sensible strategy - listen again (scroll to 8.10am) 👇👇
Thanks to Kate Green 💙 & to @FeedingLpool & all MPs Kim Johnson MP lan Byrne MP Dan Carden MP Maria Eagle MP supporting new bill to automatically register eligible families for Healthy Start - much needed, alongside an expansion of eligibility & review of value in light of price rises.
It is astounding to me that not all children from low income families receive free school meals. Qualification only if annual household earning is less than £7400 (not inc bens) - this is the most restrictive eligibility threshold of all the UK
The Food Foundation #FeedTheFuture
Leaders uniting across the religious spectrum from The Church of England bishops to MCB &@CaritasWestm to support #FeedtheFuture 's call for expansion of free school meals. Now we need leaders to unite across political spectrum too.
Many UK family attractions are failing to provide healthy, hot children's meals - Soil Association secret family diners reported what they found - check their #OuttoLunch report here 👇👇
Congratulations @Halfon4Harlow on education minister role - hugely respect his passion for ensuring support to children hardest hit by pandemic & current crisis, plus skills & apprenticeships. We hope new Department for Education team will #FeedtheFuture schoolsweek.co.uk/nick-gibb-retu…
This is Michele Price, a partner gunnercooke , who grew up in poverty & explains just how her sucesses in life were only possible with Free School Meals...
#FreeMadeMe
Let's make sure we give that chance to other children - #FeedtheFuture bit.ly/FeedtheFutureF…
ICYMI Healthy Start food scheme sees £90m cut over decade - both Sustain & The Food Foundation have been calling for scheme to be fixed & expanded - those who do access these vouchers really value them. Via The New Statesman newstatesman.com/spotlight/heal…
'We can't work on an empty stomach.'
Powerful film from pupils in schools working with School Food Matters. Pls RT!
It's time to #FeedtheFuture . Email yr MP today & ask them to support expansion of #FreeSchoolMeals to all children who need them right now. ✍️ endchildfoodpoverty.org/feedthefuture
Pressure mounting on UK Prime Minister Kit Malthouse MP & Jeremy Hunt for urgent nutritional safety net: 'Hunger is now a real issue in our schools... We must make sure that every child has the nutrition they need to be able to learn and thrive… We urge you to act.' #FeedtheFuture
Teachers join #FeedTheFuture free school meals call
NAHT ASCL National Education Union NASUWT Jamie Oliver The Food Foundation Bite Back 2030 Sustain School Food Matters Myles Bremner bbc.co.uk/news/education…
Today we've published research showing kids are turning up to school hungry & schools are spending precious resources to make sure they're fed.
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Here's our trustee thomasinamiers
on why you should back the #feedthefuture campaign & write to your MP bit.ly/FeedtheFutureF…
Shocking rise in numbers of school children facing food insecurity #FeedtheFuture @food_foundation @chefsinschools @childrensfood Food Poverty Sustain sustainweb.org/news/oct22-chi…
In response to Q from Chris Rennard 🔶💙🇺🇦 health minister acknowledges the success of Soft Drinks Industry Levy & says govt will be 'looking to improve in the areas of sugary food.'
Obesity Health Alliance Action On Sugar BHF Policy Dolitics Lord Bethell Sustain Jamie Oliver
‘It’s too expensive to eat lunch and feed my children’: The rise of the school food bank #feedthefuture independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…
⚠️800,000 children need free school meals NOW, and universal provision should be next. #FeedTheFuture - new campaign from Sustain Children's Food Campaign Impact on Urban Health Bite Back 2030 The Food Foundation School Food Matters Jamie Oliver ChefsinSchools #endchildfoodpoverty sustainweb.org/news/oct22-fre…
Want to boost growth? 📈 Just look at the economic return from investing in free school meals.
Today's Guardian letters signed by #FeedtheFuture member CEOs incl Sustain Kath Dalmeny 💙🇺🇦 Impact on Urban Health Kieron Boyle
theguardian.com/education/2022…