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Unlocking almost £50 million for disadvantaged pupils: The impact of ‘universal registration’ across London boroughs

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The Mayor of London’s latest announcement confirms that universal registration has helped identify more than 20,200 previously unregistered pupils, unlocking almost £50 million in additional funding for London schools. We are incredibly proud to have partnered with Basis to support the Greater London Authority in evaluating this work and strengthening how impact is captured across […]

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New County Council Network report on free school meals is published 

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The County Councils Network has published a new Dialogues report on free school meals, developed in partnership with Basis and Bremner & Co.  We are pleased to have supported this work alongside colleagues across the sector. It reflects a growing focus among councils on how to ensure that children who are entitled to free school meals are actually receiving them, and

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New podcast: Working with councils to unlock £12 million in funding through free school meal auto-enrolment

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At Bremner & Co, we’ve really enjoyed working with our partners, Basis, over the past several years to support local authorities to tackle one of the most persistent challenges in the free school meals (FSM) system: that thousands of children are entitled to this support but are not registered to receive it.  Together, we have worked with councils, including Tower Hamlets,

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A shared vision for breastfeeding and infant feeding: sector leadership in action 

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Today we are pleased to celebrate the publication of a new, collective vision for breastfeeding and infant feeding in the UK. This vision has been shaped by breastfeeding organisations, practitioners, NGOs and academics across the UK, working together to articulate what all families should be able to expect from a supportive, equitable infant feeding system.  The vision reflects the depth of expertise,

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Learn it, See it, Live it: how food education can transform young people’s health, learning and life

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Best Food Forward‘s Food Education Mapping Project (FEMP) has been published. This report offers a comprehensive picture of how food education is taught and experienced in English secondary schools. Capturing the voices of teachers, school leaders and students, it demonstrates both the value of food education and the challenges that risk undermining it. Key findings 

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The myth of ‘having it all’ – reflecting on the realities for breastfeeding mothers 

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Cressida Pidgeon, Senior Research and Projects Officer, shares a personal reflection on why breastfeeding equity is still out of reach for too many working mothers. Over the past couple of years, many of my friends have started having children. As I watch my amazing girlfriends navigate the whirlwind of motherhood like champions, all whilst holding

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New research: The portrayal of panic-buying and stockpiling in English newspapers during Covid, a mixed-method content analysis

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This week we’re celebrating the publication of Dayna Brackley’s lead-author paper, co-written with Rebecca Wells, from the Centre for Food Policy at City St George’s, University of London. When supermarket shelves were stripped bare in early 2020, panic-buying became one of the most visible aspects of the Covid-19 crisis. But how did the media influence

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Nearly 100 organisations urge the government to automatically enroll thousands of eligible children who are missing out on free school meals.

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Bremner & Co is really pleased to partner with the FixOurFood Free School Meals (FSM) Auto-enrolment project, which, with the backing of nearly 100 organisations, is calling on the government to use the upcoming Children’s Wellbeing Bill to introduce FSM auto-enrolment nationwide. An estimated 470,000 children in England are eligible for FSM but missing out

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Report launch: The financial pressures, incentives and counter incentives shaping food provision in secondary schools

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Bremner & Co are delighted to have been commissioned by Newham Council to to write a ‘think piece’ about the financial pressures, incentives and counter-incentives that shape the food offer in secondary schools. The research project emerged from the council’s wider ‘We Are Food Secure 11-19’ project, which sets out to understand the experiences of

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New report: Breastfeeding in focus: Insights from the sector

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Nutrition in the early years is crucial for a child’s health, growth and development. There is extensive evidence highlighting the benefits of breastfeeding and national policy encourages breastfeeding into the second year of life and beyond. Yet, breastfeeding remains a challenging area in the UK (which has some of the lowest breastfeeding rates globally), and

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