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New report: 290,000 disadvantaged young children will miss out on free meals  

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Press release A new report – ‘Too young to count’ – reveals that, despite rising hunger and poverty, most children in childcare are excluded from free meal support. Nearly 300,000 young children in poverty will miss out on free meals in nurseries and childcare settings, according to a new report. Despite government plans to expand […]

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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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Follow the Carrot: can free school meal expansion boost the UK food and farming economy? 

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Today we’re publishing Follow the Carrot, the final report for our research that asked a simple question: could expanding free school meals also strengthen the UK food and farming economy?  Our analysis suggests the answer is yes, if expansion is matched with the right conditions for success.  Commissioned by Sustain and with support from the

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Hungry for Change: new report urges national action on children’s nutrition and health inequality

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A new report from the Child of the North All-Party Parliamentary Group (Hungry for Change) sets out a stark picture. Children growing up in the North of England face higher risks of food insecurity, poorer nutrition, and obesity from birth through adolescence. These patterns reflect structural inequalities that continue to deepen across regions and generations. The

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New report: Boosting early years nutrition to support a healthy childhood 

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The Food Foundation’s latest report is the final in its three-part series on nutrition during a child’s early years. Boosting Early Years Nutrition to Support a Healthy Childhood focuses on children aged 1 to 5, exploring the food environments they grow up in-from commercial baby snacks and toddler milks, to the meals served in childcare

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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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New research: Could expanding free school meals boost the UK food and farming economy? 

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Bremner & Co is excited to announce our new research exploring the economic opportunities of expanding school meals for the UK food and farming sector, in partnership with Sustain and with support from Impact on Urban Health and the Ampney Brook Foundation.    At present, 2.1 million children are eligible for free school meals in England;

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New research: Evaluating the implementation of a new auto-enrolment process for free school meal

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Bremner & Co’s leaders contribute to a new study on the implementation of the auto-enrolment process, published in The Lancet. Building upon the success of the Fix Our Food auto-enrolment pilot, which has enabled over 20,000 additional children to access free school meals, a recent study’s abstract was published in The Lancet, co-authored by Bremner

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New report: How can we reduce food poverty for under-fives? 

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The prevalence of food poverty among families has been increasing significantly. While families with children generally face a higher risk than those without, those with children under the age of five are particularly vulnerable.1  A new report launching today by the Education Policy Institute, How Can We Reduce Food Poverty for Under-Fives?, highlights the urgent need

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New report: Independent evaluation of universal free school meals in London

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“When we have lunch, it makes us stronger, healthier, and we can concentrate more on our learning.” – Year 4 pupil In 2023, London achieved a milestone in school food policy, extending free school meals to every primary-aged child in state-funded schools. This groundbreaking initiative, supported by £130 million in emergency funding from Mayor Sadiq

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