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The Early Years Food Coalition is proud to announce its Practitioner Advisory Group

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The Early Years Food Coalition is pleased to introduce its new Practitioner Advisory Group, coordinated by Bremner & Co as Coalition secretariat, facilitated in partnership with the London Early Years Foundation.  The group brings together early years professionals from across Greater London, representing a diverse range of settings and food provision models. This includes childminders providing personalised home-based care alongside managers of larger private, voluntary, and

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Food for thought: June and July in review 

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The Bremner & Co team didn’t let the heat stop us getting out and about at lots of brilliant events in June and July. These took us to allotments, conference halls and Parliament, bringing conversations on getting British-grown produce onto school plates, making childcare support easier for families, and helping convenience stores do more to

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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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Beyond assumptions: building a shared understanding of racial equity in early years food

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We are launching a new landscape review exploring racial equity in early years food provision, supported by Impact on Urban Health (IOUH). In the context of food provision, this means creating a learning environment which recognises, values and incorporates a diverse range of food cultures, and provides opportunities for all children to share and explore

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Food for thought: April and May in review 

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April and May bought a heady mix of opportunities to connect, collaborate and be inspired by those shaping the future of food policy. Through webinars, launches, awards ceremonies and conferences, we explored topics ranging from school food education and Healthy Start to childminding and early years nutrition. Here’s a snapshot of what we’ve been up to across those two months.  A new recipe for

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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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Our February and March in events: auto-enrolment, early years nutrition and local leadership

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Over February and March, the team travelled everywhere from Blackpool to Birmingham, City Hall to Oxford, joining conversations with researchers, practitioners, policymakers and local authorities working to improve food systems across the UK. Discussions centred on how policy can help create healthier and more equitable food environments, from auto-enrolment and commercial baby food reform to strengthening support for early years

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Bremner & Co to explore how supermarket environments can support healthier early years outcomes in Wales, with Public Health Wales and First Steps Nutrition Trust 

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Photo credit: © 2023. Provided by Impact on Urban Health licensed via a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license.  Bremner & Co are delighted to be working with Public Health Wales and First Steps Nutrition Trust on a new project examining how supermarket and retail environments in Wales could better support healthier outcomes for babies and young children,

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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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