Campaigning for continued investment in the health of our children
ParentPay are adding their support to the School Meals Matter campaign by asking school
staff, parents and pupils to sign the petition.
If you haven't already done so, please support the School Meals Matter campaign being run by
Caterer & Hotelkeeper magazine and The Local Authority Caterers Association (LACA).
Beverley Baker, chairman of LACA, says “For the sake of the future health and wellbeing of our children,
we need to safeguard the school meals service.”
Please follow this link to sign the petition – it will take 30 seconds.
You can also follow the campaign on Twitter and Facebook
Everyone is very concerned about the school lunch grant and what a catastrophic
affect losing it could have on our children’s school meals.
Michael Coaker, chef lecturer at Thames Valley University and chairman of the
Academy of Culinary Arts Chefs-Adopt-A-School initiative, stressed the role a
healthy school meal has in a child's health, development and education.
"A balanced meal during the day can improve concentration and behaviour,
with the added benefit of contributing to better long term health," he said.
Bob Cotton, chief executive of the British Hospitality Association, is
among the senior hospitality industry figures to voice their support for
the School Meals Matter campaign.
"In France they spend twice what we do on school meals. In some local
authorities, there are allowances of just 55p per meal, which isn't
enough to buy quality ingredients and the children are voting with their feet.”
"It has to be a fundamental belief that feeding children well is as much a
part of the education process as food is in the healing process in
healthcare catering."
To show your support, please visit www.caterersearch.com/SMM.
Mark Lewis, editor of Caterer and Hotelkeeper, explains the aims of the School Meals Matter campaign
Senior figures add support to School Meals campaign