Search

Children missing out on free nursery and school milk

Wednesday, September 27, 2023

| Nursery World

Children are missing out on free milk as many early years settings and schools stopped claiming for the subsidy during the Covid pandemic, reveals new research.

Millions of families cutting back on healthy food that is twice as expensive as unhealthy options

News

Tuesday, February 27, 2024

| Nursery World

A ‘worrying’ proportion of ‘food insecure’ families are cutting back on healthy food, sparking concerns of widening health inequalities.

LEYF opens up its chef training academy to all nurseries

News

Wednesday, January 19, 2022

| Nursery World

The London Early Years Foundation (LEYF) has opened up its professional chef academy to external candidates in a bid to tackle the ‘alarming’ rise in childhood obesity.

One million children in poverty ineligible for free school meals

News

Tuesday, August 31, 2021

| Nursery World

A new report calls for the Government’s Free School Meals (FSMs) policy to be extended to all low-income families, as it estimates that hundreds of thousands of children in poverty are missing out on the benefit.

Action plan sets out ways to tackle low take-up of school meals

News

Friday, July 12, 2013

| Nursery World

A plan of action commissioned by the Government last year to improve the quality and take-up of school meals has been published today.

The big picture: Healthy habits

News

Monday, August 24, 2015

| Nursery World

Stationhouse Nursery in Portishead and its sister nursery Lakehouse are among some of the first nurseries in the South West to receive a Children's Food Trust Award.

Universal free school meals for Primary 1 to 3 pupils in Scotland

News

Monday, January 5, 2015

| Nursery World

As of today, every P1 to P3 pupil (aged four to eight) will receive a free school dinner under the Scottish Government’s expanded free school meals policy.

Government maps out changes to Nursery Milk scheme

News

Thursday, March 27, 2014

| Nursery World

From next year, all early years settings will receive free nursery milk through a direct supplier, under changes to the way the scheme is run.

DfE to fund breakfast club provision in thousands of schools

News

Monday, March 19, 2018

| Nursery World

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.

Parent co-op nurseries may be the answer to low-cost quality childcare

News

Thursday, January 26, 2017

| Nursery World

Parent-led co-operative nurseries could be an alternative to conventional settings for families in poor areas, according to the New Economics Foundation, which is setting up a pilot project to look at how this childcare model works.

Health experts call on political parties to address diet-related disease in children

News

Thursday, February 7, 2013

| Nursery World

A new report calls for a food manifesto for the under-fives to address the challenge of childhood obesity and malnutrition.

Concerns raised by professionals over children's nutrition

News

Monday, February 25, 2013

| Nursery World

More than four out of ten professionals who work with children have given food to a child in the last two years because they were worried they were not getting enough to eat, finds a new survey.

London Assembly calls for expansion of free school meals

News

Thursday, April 11, 2013

| Nursery World

More funding is required for free school meals and breakfast clubs to help tackle high levels of child food poverty, recommends a report by the London Assembly.

Big picture - Food delivery

News

Sunday, April 15, 2018

| Nursery World

A new animated TV show aims to promote healthy eating for children.

Boost school nursing to tackle childhood obesity, says Unite

News

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

| Nursery World

Unite the union is calling for money to be redirected from the National Child Measurement Programme into creating school nursing posts to combat childhood obesity, as the latest figures show a rise in the number of school children overweight or obese.

Search Results

Children missing out on free nursery and school milk

Millions of families cutting back on healthy food that is twice as expensive as unhealthy options

LEYF opens up its chef training academy to all nurseries

One million children in poverty ineligible for free school meals

Action plan sets out ways to tackle low take-up of school meals

The big picture: Healthy habits

Universal free school meals for Primary 1 to 3 pupils in Scotland

Government maps out changes to Nursery Milk scheme

DfE to fund breakfast club provision in thousands of schools

Parent co-op nurseries may be the answer to low-cost quality childcare

Health experts call on political parties to address diet-related disease in children

Concerns raised by professionals over children's nutrition

London Assembly calls for expansion of free school meals

Big picture - Food delivery

Boost school nursing to tackle childhood obesity, says Unite

Current filters

Filter by

Article Types

Tags

Journals