Food

Food for Life brings schools, nurseries, hospitals and care homes, and their surrounding communities together around the core ethos of healthy, tasty and sustainable food. Our Early Years Award provides an independent endorsement for nurseries and childrens centres that serve good quality, nutritious food and support the babies and children in thei... r care to develop good eating habits for life. Our School Award supports schools to take a whole school approach that sees them grow their own food; organise trips to farms; provide cooking and growing clubs for pupils and their families; serve freshly prepared, well-sourced meals and provide an attractive dining environment. Our Hospital Leaders team work in partnership with NHS Trusts to promote health and sustainability as well as improving the food experience of patients, staff and visitors. Our Better Care team give older people in care settings, hospital and in their own homes more support to eat and enjoy good food, demonstrating the vital role that good food can play both nutritionally and in tackling isolation amongst older people "We have a clear vision that every child has a right to good, wholesome school food and that food poverty will one day be a thing of the past."Jeanette Orrey (Co-Founder - Food for Life) Food for Life works with public and private sector leaders to make good food the easy choice for everyone, whoever and wherever they are. The Food for Life programme achieves some amazing results, but dont just take our word for it! Our School Award programme been shown to impact on childrens health, positively impact wider attainment, support local enterprise and tackle inequalities in local communities. Read the findings of independent evaluations and hear from the people directly involved.Read More