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News
In this section, you can find the latest news and press releases from the Children's Food Trust and School Food Trust. For media enquiries, please call 07867 536 794 or 07825 781 418. Alternatively, email media@childrensfoodtrust.org.uk
Wed, 6th Jul 2011
Our 'six staples' of good food at school
The latest annual survey of school lunch take up shows that the number of children having school meals in England last year rose in both primary and secondary…
Wed, 6th Jul 2011
More families choose healthy school meals - despite tightening belts
The number of children eating healthy school meals in England has climbed for the third year in a row – with more than three million children now having…
Tue, 5th Jul 2011
Trust responds to Jamie interview: "School meals are still good value and still matter"
The School Food Trust has welcomed comments made by Jamie Oliver in the new edition of Cost Sector Catering magazine.
Mon, 4th Jul 2011
Bridgend 'McPath' plans - what we say
Proposals to build a new footpath which would link a South Wales school with a McDonalds restaurant are making lots of headlines this week.
Tue, 28th Jun 2011
St Helens Council press release: Council puts brakes on fast food
Fast food has had its chips in St.Helens as the council creates a 400-metre exclusion zone around schools and sixth form colleges.
Tue, 21st Jun 2011
Richmond Council press release: School meals healthier and cheaper
School meals at 29 of Richmond’s primary and special schools are set to become healthier for children and cheaper for parents after the Council’s…
Tue, 21st Jun 2011
Department for Education news release: new guidelines for nursery food
Speaking at the Food For Life Programme conference today, Children’s Minister Sarah Teather said the Government is asking the School Food Trust to draw…
Thu, 16th Jun 2011
Royal correspondence for Cornwall Let's Get Cooking club
A Cornwall Let’s Get Cooking club, who joined in with Royal Wedding celebrations by designing a regal range of cakes and muffins, has received a letter…
Fri, 10th Jun 2011
OBE for Trust chief
School Food Trust Chairman, Rob Rees, has congratulated our Chief Executive, Judy Hargadon, on being listed for an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours…
Mon, 6th Jun 2011
Here’s one I made earlier: recipe poll hints at changing tastes for children
Home-made muffins and curries have topped a new poll of favourite healthy recipes to make with children.
Thu, 26th May 2011
Leicestershire County Council news release: School meal favourites old and new
Have you ever wanted to re-create a school dinner you loved as a child or a modern day favourite?
Mon, 23rd May 2011
News from Defra: Kids encouraged to veg out in school
Children in more than half our secondary schools are missing out because they don’t grow their own fruit and veg according to a group of experts including…
Thu, 12th May 2011
Eat better, do better at exam time
As exam season gets into full swing, here’s a reminder of our top tips for fuelling up when you’re revising and to make sure you’re on top form…
Wed, 11th May 2011
Staffordshire school meals price freeze (Staffordshire County Council news release)
Staffordshire County Council has announced its intention to freeze the price of primary, special and high school meals.
Tue, 10th May 2011
Children sweet on healthier eating
Pupils from Yorkshire schools are helping the Trust to test how making simple changes to children’s diets can reduce their ‘sweet tooth’.
Tue, 10th May 2011
Lunch support on the menu for schools
Schools in central Bedfordshire are being urged to consider all the options for providing healthy school meals for children - after their current catering…
Mon, 9th May 2011
Thousands of children to benefit from free school meals (Wolverhampton Council press release)
Thousands of youngsters across Wolverhampton are to benefit from free school meals for another year following a successful bid for extra funding.
Wed, 4th May 2011
Take 1,000 schools and hundreds of pupils, give them free rein to design the canteen of their dreams and what do you get?
A rock and roll diner, a picnic in a summer meadow and sophisticated dining in a sea of tranquillity.
Mon, 2nd May 2011
More than 57,000 school meals raised by the Really Good School Dinner
Pupils taking part in the Really Good School Dinner have raised enough money so far this year to help WFP provide an incredible 57,446 school meals to…
Mon, 2nd May 2011
Frazer has the stomach for school kitchens
A Derby teaching assistant is so passionate about his pupils being able to have a good school lunch - that he’s set to jump out of a plane to help keep…
Tue, 19th Apr 2011
Win a trip to Italy!
If you are aged between 14 and 19 and fancy yourself as a film-maker - you could take part in the Food 4U competition, which is open to teenagers from…
Thu, 14th Apr 2011
Free school meals for all primary children in Southwark - what we say
There's been lots of media coverage in the last few days about Southwark Council's decision to provide free school meals for all primary school children.…
Sun, 10th Apr 2011
Schools urge children to 'eat like royalty' for Prince William and Kate
School dining rooms are encouraging pupils to ‘eat like royalty’ - ahead of HRH Prince William and Kate’s impending wedding.
Sun, 3rd Apr 2011
Eat better, feel better: SFT's response to the White Paper ‘Healthy lives, healthy people; our strategy for public health in England’
The School Food Trust has called for an expert on children’s food to sit on every new Health and Wellbeing Board in England.
Sat, 2nd Apr 2011
Keeping school meals affordable
Here's our response to concerns about school meal prices being reported today.
Tue, 29th Mar 2011
Early Years review backs call for clearer guidance on food in childcare
Dame Clare Tickell’s review of the Early Years Foundation Stage - published today - has backed new recommendations for feeding children healthily in…
Tue, 29th Mar 2011
Our hopes for 5-a-day scheme plans
The School Food Trust has welcomed the news that a Change4Life scheme designed to help people eat their 5-a-day in deprived areas is to be rolled out…
Thu, 24th Mar 2011
Young chefs take on food critic
One of the nation’s harshest food critics and TV personality, Jay Rayner, has given his overwhelming thumbs up to food cooked by young London chefs…
Thu, 24th Mar 2011
Cooking and education: our evidence to the National Curriculum Review
The School Food Trust has published its submission of evidence to the Department of Education's National Curriculum Review.
Wed, 23rd Mar 2011
Budget day tips - cook smart to save cash
It’s Budget Day – which means we’re all thinking about how we can make our money go further. The kitchen is a great place to start: cooking from…
