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 […]
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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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
New research: ‘Hungry for Change’ – what parents and pupils want from food education Read More »
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
January started at pace. Through conversations on school food funding, farming systems, racial justice, early years nutrition and infant feeding, the team were excited to kick start 2026 with a variety of events. We’ve taken a moment to reflect on where we have spent our time, and what it could mean for the months to come. 8th Jan School Food Funding – Caterer Roundtable Myles joined a School
Bremner & Co were commissioned by First Steps Nutrition Trust (FSNT) as secretariat of the Baby Feeding Law Group (BFLG) to provide strategic advice and guidance on media coverage surrounding the release of the final Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) report on the infant formula market. BFLG is a network of organisations and individuals working to protect maternal and child health by ending the harmful marketing of infant
Reframing the narrative: strategic media support for infant feeding advocacy Read More »
Children consume about 30% of their daily calories at school, making school meals a crucial opportunity to improve health. The school food system also supports the local economy by creating jobs and providing thousands of meals daily. Trafford Council’s Public Health team recognised this opportunity. At the time, Trafford’s catering service was responsible for the majority of school meals provided in the area, with up to 11500 lunches provided daily
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We are looking for parents and carers to join a new Parent Advisory Group for the Early Years Food Coalition (EYFC). We believe every child deserves the best start in life, and having access to healthy, inclusive, and sustainable food in the early years is key to this. The EYFC has been working with charities,
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November brought a mix of policy discussions, sector events and chances to connect with partners across early years and school food. We also kept up our Bring and Share lunches alongside a busy run of webinars, conferences and launches. From new evidence on ultra processed foods to developments in childcare, inspection, auto enrolment and school
Our November in events: UPFs, changing policy, and a night in the Wild West! Read More »
October’s events offered a mix of big picture thinking and focused discussion on specific food system challenges, tools and opportunities. The team spent time with leaders debating what real transformation in the food system looks like, discussed the interconnectedness of women’s poverty and children’s poverty, and took time to reflect as a team on where
