For over twenty years we’ve brought schools, nurseries, hospitals, care homes and their communities together through healthy, tasty and sustainable food.
We support schools and caterers to provide healthy school meals, great lunchtimes, and food education that has a positive impact on both pupils and the wider community.
In England, 900,000 live in poverty yet don’t qualify for Free School Meals. This is unacceptable.
Free school meals mean every child can enjoy at least one delicious and healthy meal for over half of the days in a year. Compared to packed lunches, school meals generally contain:
Introducing a diverse range of fresh foods early in a child’s life supports better food habits and healthy eating into the future. When school meals are accessible to every child, every child can benefit from this nutritional safety net.
We’re about encouraging lasting and sustainable change to the way we all think about food, our communities, our environment and our health.
The government providing healthy and high-quality school meals for all children in the UK. At a minimum, school meals must meet the school food standards.
Caterers already face enormous challenges due to the investment needed in staff and kitchens. A staged approach will be necessary to ensure a smooth transition.
As a first step, the 900,000 children currently living in poverty who are not eligible for Free School Meals need to be included.
We’ve put together a summary of evidence in support of Universal Free School Meals, which demonstrates through a range of research and studies the proven benefits of Universal Free School Meals.
We are pleased to be part of LACA’s cross-sector group looking to align behind clear asks of government around school food.
We convened a roundtable with Food for Life caterers representative of the sector. You can read our key findings here.
We are part of the School Food Review Working Group which is working to improve school food across five pillars including entitlement and ensuring food quality.
We’re members of the School Food Plan Alliance and supported the development of The School Food Plan which outlines 17 actions to transform food in schools.
We're part of the Children's Food Campaign, made up of over 100 organisations who are campaigning for policy changes so all children can easily eat sustainable and healthy food.
Read our in-depth FAQ document, put together by our policy experts.