Across the country, councils are working hard to make sure every child has access to good food, whether through early years support, free school meals or wider healthy weight or anti-poverty strategies. But we know how complex this can be. Food provision across childhood often sits across multiple teams, services and settings, making it hard […]
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Eating Better are an alliance of over 70+ civil society organisations drawn from across the food system, united by their mission to create a fairer and more sustainable food system. Collectively, their work is guided by their ‘Better By Half’ roadmap, which outlines 25 actions across 5 key sectors. Following the launch of their project,
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Impact on Urban Health commissioned Bremner & Co to conduct an extensive research study on the early years nutrition landscape, with a focus on the London Borough of Southwark. The study explored the barriers to good nutrition for children aged 0-5, revealing key stakeholder perspectives across policy and practice. The project served as a platform
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Breastfeeding rates in the UK are consistently low, campaigners and NGOs are frustrated at policymaking inertia, and current research shows inequity of access to breastfeeding support; both based on levels of disadvantage and ethnic background. Impact on Urban Health commissioned Bremner & Co to undertake a comprehensive policy and practice review to understand these challenges
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In 2022, Matthew Mealing, Associate Director of Campus Services for Estates and Facilities at the University of Salford, commissioned Bremner & Co to conduct a review of the campus food and beverage offer. At that time, catering, retail and hospitality conference facilities had been outsourced to Chartwells for nearly 10 years, with the contract soon
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Bite Back is a youth activist movement set up to challenge the food system to drive healthier, higher standards. It works with 80 young people, aged 13-21 and from across England, on campaigns like restricting junk food advertising and extending eligibility for free school meals. In 2022, Bite Back piloted the Food Systems Accelerator Programme
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