Well done to Little Learners for leading by example and becoming the first ever Early Years setting in West Northamptonshire to achieve a Food for Life Early Years Bronze award, and in just five short months!
With an overarching goal to make good food accessible for all, we work directly with caterers, schools, and communities to implement sustainable and lasting change within the broken food system. We do this through the standards we set, by enabling valuable connections andsharing best practice across the sectors we work within.
As part of the Soil Association, we use our experience to support governments and local authorities to work across the supply chain with farmers and businesses developing practical solutions. We collaborate with the public to create and amplify a powerful voice, challenging the status quo for better food for all.
Our Sustainable Catering certifications, tools and training are widely acknowledged as industry leaders, helping hundreds of caterers implement sustainable practices across foodservice and the out of home catering market.
The Sustainable Catering portfolio consists of: Food for Life Served Here, Green Kitchen Standard, Cool Food Pro, Sustainable Suppliers Scheme and training & consultancy packages.
For the past 20 years the Soil Association has worked with caterers and businesses across all sectors. Due to the work undertaken across our Sustainable Catering portfolio, over a million sustainable and healthy meals are served per day throughout the UK, helping to make the food industry better for people and the planet.
The Food for Life Award is a nationally recognised framework which guides settings through four areas of development to transform food culture: Food Quality, Food Leadership & Culture, Food Education and Community & Partnerships.
Enrolled settings grow, cook and learn about where food comes from. Both pupils and parents have their say in school food and the lunchtime experience. This includes working with caterers to source good quality food for school meals. This holistic approach means healthy and sustainable food becomes the norm.
Food for Life Scotland aims to make good food the easy choice for everyone. We focus on the power of public food and its potential to have a positive impact on health, the environment, and the local economy.
To achieve this, we work in partnership with public sector catering teams.
Our key focus is on getting more fresh, sustainable, local food onto public plates across Scotland. We are funded by the Scottish Government to work with local authorities and other public sector bodies to achieve the Food for Life Served Here award for their meals services. As part of this we provide bespoke support across menu and recipe development, data and spend analysis, and supply chain development. There are 15 local authorities in Scotland that hold the Food for Life Served Here award at Bronze, Silver or Gold for their school meals services, as well as universities, colleges and workplaces.
Read the latest news from Food for Life
Well done to Little Learners for leading by example and becoming the first ever Early Years setting in West Northamptonshire to achieve a Food for Life Early Years Bronze award, and in just five short months!
Spring Lane began their Food for Life journey back in 2023 when the West Northamptonshire (WN) Public Health team committed to transform food culture in some of the most deprived areas of the county.
Park Primary School in Colne has proudly achieved Food for Life Gold, making history as Lancashire’s first primary school to reach this milestone. This recognition celebrates the school’s commitment to embedding a positive food culture at the heart of school life and the transformational work they have put into this.
