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The Early Years Food Coalition is proud to announce its Parent Ambassadors

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The Early Years Food Coalition is pleased to introduce its new Parent Ambassador programme, led jointly by Sustain’s Children’s Food Campaign and Bremner & Co, as Coalition secretariat. The Parent Ambassadors come from across the UK, and a diverse range of backgrounds, including those in public health, education, sustainability, and community engagement, alongside their experience […]

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Myles writes for The Food Foundation on school food funding 

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Myles has written a guest blog for The Food Foundation on why school food funding needs urgent attention ahead of September 2026.  From September 2026, the expansion of Free School Meals and the introduction of updated school food standards will come into effect at the same time. Together, these are important steps for children’s health

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The Early Years Food Coalition attends the launch of the new APPG on Dietary Health 

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Rosie Osborne and Dayna Brackley were pleased to represent the Early Years Food Coalition in joining MPs, Peers, charities, academics and campaigners at Portcullis House last week, for the launch of the new All Party Parliamentary Group on Dietary Health; alongside Carole Coulon of Impact on Urban Health who fund the Coalition.  Perina Holness, Headteacher of the Thomas Coram Centre and a member of our new Practitioner Advisory Group,

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Convening a collective voice: Secretariat for the Early Years Food Coalition

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Nutrition in the first 1,000 days of life is critical for child development, shaping brain development, motor skills, and lifelong eating patterns that influence long-term health. Despite the known importance of nutrition in a child’s earliest years, nutrition support in settings has historically prioritised schools and advocacy in the early years nutrition space has been fragmented, leaving the sector overlooked and under-resourced.   Impact on Urban Health recognised that food provision in early years settings needed stronger evidence and clearer, more coordinated advocacy. In response, they established the Early Years Food Coalition, bringing together

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A shared vision for breastfeeding and infant feeding

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All children deserve access to healthy, nutritious food from their earliest years, and ensuring parents are properly supported to feed their babies well is central to achieving this. Bremner & Co have been working with Impact on Urban Health to understand the policy landscape that shapes infant feeding and early years nutrition, identifying opportunities for change within the system.  This work

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What do parents and pupils really want from food education? Find out at the Hungry for Change webinar 

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Food education is widely recognised as part of how young people learn to live well. Yet in practice, access is uneven. It depends on where you are, what your school prioritises, and what happens after age 16. Hungry for Change, the latest national report from Best Food Forward at The School of Artisan Food, puts some weight

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Bremner & Co to deliver Early Years Food Provision Landscape Review with Public Health Wales 

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Bremner & Co are delighted to be working with Public Health Wales on a new project aimed at strengthening understanding of food provision across early years settings in Wales, supporting action towards a healthier, fairer future for children and families.  About the project  This project will deliver a comprehensive landscape review of early years food

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Bremner & Co joins the new Commercial Baby Food Review 

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Bremner & Co are pleased to announce that we have joined the Commercial Baby Food Review, a new cross-sector initiative working to improve the nutritional quality, composition and marketing of commercial baby and toddler foods in the UK through stronger, enforced regulation.  Funded by Impact on Urban Health, the Review brings together specialists in early years nutrition,

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New research: ‘Hungry for Change’ – what parents and pupils want from food education 

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Ask almost any parent whether cooking is an important life skill and they will say yes. Ask their child and you will get the same answer. New national polling from The School of Artisan Food’s Best Food Forward programme suggests that 97% of parents and 91% of young people consider cooking healthy meals and making good

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New research: Improving access to free school meals – evaluating the implementation of free school meal auto-enrolment processes 

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We are pleased to co-author the latest paper from the FixOurFood research consortium. This paper evaluates the implementation of free school meal auto-enrolment, highlighting the potential benefits, conditions for success and support needed to scale this approach.  The free school meal registration problem – project context  An estimated 220,000 entitled children miss out on free school meals because they are not registered, with schools missing out on vital, associated Pupil Premium funding. One of the main reasons families

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