School food

A systems approach to school food improvement: working with Trafford Council

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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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Working with councils to improve child health and tackle inequalities 

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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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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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Training that works: a collaborative approach to school food management 

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Southwark Council commissioned Bremner & Co to design and deliver an innovative school food management training programme for all school business managers (SBMs) across the borough. Using a co-design approach, we worked with 12 SBMs to identify the knowledge and competencies needed to confidently oversee high-quality school food. The training was embedded into an accredited

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Policy in action: transforming school food in Tower Hamlets 

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Tower Hamlets Council commissioned Bremner & Co to lead the co-production and delivery of a school food improvement programme across 100 primary and secondary schools. This initiative required extensive collaboration across local authority departments, schools, and catering teams to develop a business case and action plan that would drive sustainable improvements in school food culture. 

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Pioneering a school food initiative: understanding impact through lived experience

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Tower Hamlets became the first borough in the UK to extend Universal Free School Meals (UFSM) to both primary and secondary school students in 2022. Evidence indicates UFSM can address food insecurity, reduce stigma associated with means-tested Free School Meals, and tackle child hunger. In Tower Hamlets, a borough where 48% of children live in

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