New research from the School Food Trust has shown for the first time that poor quality canteens are the biggest barrier to children’s uptake of school food. The Trust is concerned the amount of time, money and effort which has been put in over the past five years to transform school food could be wasted if school canteens are not fit for purpose.
To combat this, they have recently launched the School Food Trust’s Canteen Rescue campaign to raise awareness about the small improvements that schools can make to their canteen. At the heart of the campaign is a competition giving schools the chance to win a professional makeover for their canteen. Pupils and teachers can send designs for a new canteen and the winner will be judged by a host of celebrities.
Here’s a Youtube video which explains a little more about the competition.
