Nursery World - DfE to fund breakfast club provision in thousands of schools

More than 1,770 schools in areas of deprivation are to benefit from an investment of £26 million by the DfE to provide children with a healthy and nutritious breakfast.

The education secretary Damian Hinds announced today the funding for schools to support disadvantaged children and the charities that will run breakfast clubs

Last year, Nursery World revealed a tender exercise was to take place in the autumn for the programme.

Funded through the Government’s soft drinks industry levy, the aim of the programme is to provide children in some of the most disadvantaged areas of the country, including the DfE’s Opportunity Areas, with a healthy and nutritious breakfast to set them up for the school day.

It forms part of the Government’s drive to support an active and healthy childhood through the Childhood Obesity Plan.

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