A national campaign urging the Government to ensure every child has the basics to learn & thrive. Join our call for
#FreeSchoolMealsForAll
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🚨 BREAKING 🚨:
@SadiqKhan
extends London's
#FreeSchoolMealsForAll
scheme.
🍲 Free School Meals will be available to every child at a state funded primary school in London during the 2024-25 school year.
✅ That's 287,000 children eating, learning and growing together.
🍎
@neilhimself
is backing the call for a hot school dinner, every day, for every child in primary school.
➡️ When children are hungry, they struggle to concentrate and keep up in school.
➡️ But the extension of
#FreeSchoolMealsForAll
would help every child learn and succeed.
NEW: Mayor
@SadiqKhan
will fund Free School Meals for every child in primary school in London for one year.
But only the Government has the power to do this for every child in every part of England - for good.
@RishiSunak
, will you extend
#FreeSchoolMealsForAll
?
B̶l̶o̶c̶k̶ Back children.
B̶l̶o̶c̶k̶ Back families.
B̶l̶o̶c̶k̶ Back the Bill.
We’ll keep bringing back the
#FreeSchoolMealsForAll
Bill until MPs get a meaningful vote.
When we work together, there's nothing we can't achieve.
Together, we'll keep pushing until every child can have a hot school dinner, every day.
Watch the film 📷
#FreeSchoolMealsForAll
Today we unveil billboards across Birmingham with a stark message for
@TrussLiz
at Conservative Party Conference
#CPC22
📢
𝗡𝗼 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗴𝗼 𝗵𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹.
Prime Minister, will you back
#FreeSchoolMealsForAll
?
At the
#SpringBudget
this week, The Chancellor has a choice:
Fund Free School Meals for every child in primary,
or let children across England go hungry at school.
🔁RT to let
@Jeremy_Hunt
know we expect him to do the right thing.
Free school meals are being extended to all primary school pupils in Scotland, Wales & in London next academic year.
But not in the rest of the country.
My letter, signed by 56 MPs + mayors including
@SadiqKhan
, calls on the Chancellor to extend free school meals in the Budget:
This week,
@ZarahSultana
introduced the Free School Meals for All Bill in Parliament 🎊
A cross-party group of over 40 MPs has signed on to support
#FreeSchoolMealsForAll
✍️
What’s next? Getting more MPs on side 🤝
Ask your MP to back the Bill 📣
🎒All children deserve an equal start.
📚
#FreeSchoolMealsForAll
gives every child the chance to thrive in the classroom and beyond.
🥪Read
@CPAGUK
and
@NEUnion
's report about how it makes a difference for children, families, and schools ➡️
We just delivered
#FreeSchoolMealsForAll
open letter to
@RishiSunak
at Downing Street.
The letter was signed by over 90,000 people, and none of us are letting up the pressure for a moment.
We'll keep fighting until every child can have a hot school dinner, every day.
As educators we want our schools to be places where children learn together 📗 Eat together 🍎 Grow together 🧑🤝🧑
Join the call for
#FreeSchoolMealsForAll
.
Because every child in primary school should have a hot, healthy school dinner everyday 👇
🚨BREAKING: 25+ celebrities back
#FreeSchoolMealsForAll
🚨
They're joining tens of thousands of educators, parents and young people to call on
@RishiSunak
to extend Free School Meals to every child in primary school.
Join us and sign the open letter ✍️
🚨Yesterday we launched the
#FreeSchoolMealsForAll
Bill with
@zarahsultana
🚀
The Bill would guarantee a hot, healthy school dinner for every child in primary school, every day.
Next step: grow this movement even more and make sure this Bill gets passed.
Are you with us?💪
⏰ COMING 3 FEB ⏰
What’s your favourite thing about school dinners?
🍲 Tasty food?
💬Chatting with friends?
❓Something else?
👀 Check back next Saturday to see the pupils of
@MonksdownSchool
share why children in primary school need
#FreeSchoolMealsForAll
Our demand is simple: a nutritious school dinner for every child in primary school, every day.
@RishiSunak
, we delivered our message. What will you do with it?
#FreeSchoolMealsForAll
🌍 Happy International School Meals Day! 🌏
In many countries around the world, children eat and learn together.
This is what's possible when governments put children first. It's time to get this done in England too.
#FreeSchoolMealsForAll
🧵
From Finland to India to Ireland, schools have
#FreeSchoolMealsForAll
.
Children eat and break bread together. Free of hunger, free of stigma, free to be children.
This is what's possible when governments put children first. Time to get it done for children in England.
The
#FreeSchoolMealsForAll
Bill is more than a piece of paper: it's about our children's future.
@zarahsultana
's Bill would guarantee every child a hot and healthy school dinner, every day.
Tell your MP: 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘽𝙞𝙡𝙡 📩
#CostOfLivingCrises
🚨
@MayorOfLondon
announces Emergency Scheme to fund Free School Meals for every child in primary school for one year.
This is a huge victory for children, families and everyone who has campaigned for
#FreeSchoolMealsforAll
🧵
This is about doing the right thing. We cannot be a nation that allows children to go hungry.
We've sent a clear message to the Government:
fund
#FreeSchoolMeals
over
#summerholiday
⌛️Add your name to show your support✍️
Today we launched our Open Letter to
@trussliz
urging her to extend Free School Meals to all primary school children.🍲🍎
Every child should have hot, nutritious food so they can learn and thrive.
Do you agree? Join our call for
#FreeSchoolMealsForAll
👉
Introducing free school meals for all primary school children would save families hundreds of pounds a year, and ensure they eat a healthy, nutritious meal.
Several London councils are already leading the way on this—it is time for the Government to step up.
On 29 June, we're delivering the open letter for
#FreeSchoolMealsForAll
to 10 Downing Street.
Children should eat together, learn together, and grow together, from the classroom to the canteen.
Sign the open letter✍️
Thank you
@SadiqKhan
for stepping up for children and families in London 👏👏👏
This year, children will have a hot, healthy meal to fuel them as they grow and learn together.
This is the future we want for every child.
#FreeSchoolMealsForAll
NEW: City Hall funded free school meals are now being provided for every state primary school pupil in London.
No child should go hungry in our city.
The Government have refused to act, so I’ve stepped up.
Not.
Good.
Enough.
This
#AutumnStatement
was a massive missed opportunity to fight child poverty, and extend
#FreeSchoolMeals
to every primary school child in England.
"I've seen the impact when children come to school hungry."
Watch London headteacher Reema Reid explain why we need
#FreeSchoolMealsForAll
Learn more about Free School Meals in London 👉
👏 Praise from
@jamieoliver
for
@SadiqKhan
's extension of
#FreeSchoolMealsForAll
in London's primary schools:
"Food in schools is as essential as exercise books—you can’t learn without it. But as it is, Khan is one of the few politicians in power who seems to understand this."
“It can't be right that children are going hungry. It can't be right to be dividing children over food.”
We couldn’t agree with
@IanByrneMP
more.
#FreeSchoolMealsForAll
This year,
#FreeSchoolMealsForAll
is coming to London primary schools 🍎
A nutritious school dinner, every day, gives children the essentials they need to learn, grow and thrive 📚
This is the future we want for all our children 🌟
@SadiqKhan
With
#FreeSchoolMealsForAll
rolling out in Scotland, Wales and London more people are asking - why are children in the rest of the country being left behind?
Thank you for standing up for children and families,
@IanByrneMP
.
🚨BREAKING 🚨 New poll of parents and children across England paints a stark picture:
✂️Families are making tough cuts to food and other essentials
🎒Children can see the impact on their friends and peers
🍎
#FreeSchoolMealsForAll
helps - where it’s been rolled out
🧵1/4
🌟 BIG WIN FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES 🌟
Parents across the country raised their voices with
@MikeAmesburyMP
.
Together they pushed the Govt and won affordable school uniforms so every child has the basics to learn and thrive.
🎉 Watch and share their story 🎉
We've got mail 📮
In June, we delivered our open letter to the Government, calling for
#FreeSchoolMealsForAll
.
This response from Schools Minister Nick Gibb is just not good enough.
To end child hunger in our schools, we need a plan, not platitudes.
🧵 1/7
Today, we're leafleting at
#lab23
🎉to put
#FreeSchoolMealsForAll
on the agenda for every conference-goer. Together, we can end child hunger in our schools🌟
📣 Calling all delegates at Labour conference - please make Free School Meals one of your six votes in the priority ballot on Sunday.
We need every party backing
#FreeSchoolMealsForAll
and this is one way to ensure that ending child hunger in schools is on the agenda in
💪 From the support of Dua Lipa and Ed Sheeran to a citywide roll-out in London, we're winning the case for
#FreeSchoolMealsForAll
.🍎 And we couldn't have done it without you.
🎆Here's a recap of our biggest wins in 2023:
Over the last year whole communities have come together to ensure no child is too hungry to learn.
But the Government has failed them.
If you agree that the Government must do the right thing, take action today ✍️ ✍️
#FreeSchoolMeals
#NoChildLeftBehind
A hot, nutritious school dinner gives children the foundation they need to grow and thrive. Thank you
@IanByrneMP
for championing
#FreeSchoolMealsForAll
This week I spoke on how a £1.7bn Tory tax break for private schools could pay for universal free school meals for every child in state education. With many pupils crying from hunger at school, we need a system that works for every child not just the privileged few.
✅ Free School Meals
✅ At all London primary schools
✅ Now through to July 2025
Thank you,
@SadiqKhan
, for extending this essential scheme for another year 👏
It's simple - every child's future should be a bright one. But 4.3 million children are held back from reaching their potential because of poverty. Without Government action it's only going to get worse. Learn more:
#NoChildLeftBehind
#EndChildPoverty
Every child should have a hot school dinner, every day.
We're delivering the open letter for
#FreeSchoolMealsForAll
to the Prime Minister on 29 June. Add your name ✍️
Last week, Mayor
@SadiqKhan
announced:
🍎 Free School Meals
🎒 For every primary-school child in London
📅 For one year
🌟 This is the future we want for all our children
#FreeSchoolMealsForAll
🚨 𝑶𝑷𝑬𝑵 𝑳𝑬𝑻𝑻𝑬𝑹 𝑯𝑨𝑵𝑫-𝑰𝑵🚨
Today, 240+ civil society organisations are delivering the open letter demanding
#FreeSchoolMealsForAll
, signed by 90,000 people.
Watch live from 11:15am 👀👉
🚨This winter, foodbanks will deliver over ONE MILLION emergency parcels🚨
That’s a national record, and a national disgrace.
On today’s
#StateOpening
of Parliament, we’re asking every MP to fight child food poverty and back
#FreeSchoolMealsForAll
.
✍️
Thank you
@SadiqKhan
for taking these steps to ensure children have the essentials they need to grow and thrive - both during the school day, and over the holidays.
We’ve already announced funding for free school meals for primary school children in London. Now we're going even further.
I’m funding emergency free holiday meals for Londoners in need - 10 million meals in partnership with
@mayorsfund
&
@felixprojectuk
.
Food is essential for children to learn 📚 and thrive ⭐
So it’s disappointing that
#FreeSchoolMeals
were left out of the
#AutumnStatement
We won't stay silent.
What do the teachers, families and civil society leaders backing Free School Meals have to say?🧵
Without food, children can't learn 📚
@RishiSunak
says that education is a priority. So why has the Government blocked the
#FreeSchoolMealsForAll
Bill - 𝙩𝙬𝙞𝙘𝙚?
We'll keep pushing until every child can have a nutritious school dinner, every day 🍎
Are you getting ready for the start of the new school year?
From now, schools will need to provide more affordable uniform options - a step in the right direction to ensure every child has the basic tools they need to learn.
Share this guide to spread the word!
🚨NEW🚨 report from
@CPAGUK
on the impact of child poverty in our schools
𝟔𝟖% of school staff say they're seeing more pupils without enough money for lunch
𝟖𝟐% say that poverty is having a greater impact on children's education
𝟖𝟎% say
#FreeSchoolMealsForAll
would help
📈 The costs of food, fuel and other essentials are STILL sky-high.
#FreeSchoolMealsForAll
would give every child a stronger foundation to learn, and ease the pressure for every family living through the
#CostOfLivingCrisis
Sign the petition ✍️
Starting this autumn, every primary school child in London will be able to have a nutritious school dinner.
Thank you,
@SadiqKhan
for taking this step to support children and families.
No child should go hungry in our city.
City Hall will be funding free school meals for every primary school pupil in London.
The Government have refused to act, so I’m stepping up.
Who’s behind the call for
#FreeSchoolMealsForAll
?
🩺Doctors
🦷Dentists
✏️Teachers
🍎Nutritionists
⚽Footballers
🍳Chefs
🏛️Mayors and councils
So why are children and families still waiting,
@RishiSunak
?
Food, fuel and other essentials are more costly than ever 📈
Extending Free School Meals would support all children to learn and ease the pressure for every family living through the
#CostOfLivingCrisis
Sign the petition for
#FreeSchoolMealsForAll
✍️
@HalifaxAcademy_
has set out to ensure no one in the school goes without food, from creating a community kitchen to giving out food parcels.
For many, these community initiatives offer a lifeline in the midst of the cost-of-living crisis. 🧵
Child hunger is a political choice.
The
#SpringBudget
must include funding for
#FreeSchoolMealsForAll
.
Prime Minister
@RishiSunak
, will you step up for children and families, or continue to let children to go hungry at school?
NEW 🚨 Majority of parents back
#FreeSchoolMealsForAll
, as cost of living crisis forces food cutbacks this school year
Our polling shows positive impact for children & families in London.
Why are children in the rest of England still waiting?
@NEUnion
Food insecurity is linked to a rise in dental problems, eating disorders and other health issues.
#FreeSchoolMealsForAll
is one thing the Government could do today to give children a healthier start in life.
🍎An overwhelming 89% of Labour party members support hot, healthy school dinners for every child in primary school.
🤝Tell Keir Starmer: join the fight for
#FreeSchoolMealsForAll
and make it an election promise
✍️ Sign the petition now
#Lab23
#LPC23
Trade unions representing thousands of workers across the country are backing
#FreeSchoolMealsForAll
💪
Sign the petition asking Keir Starmer to join us✍️
No matter what's happening in the country, every child should have a hot school dinner, every day🍎
1 in 4 teachers brought food in for their pupils last term.
Teachers are going above and beyond, but it shouldn't have come to this.
#FreeSchoolMealsForAll
is one thing the Government could do today to make sure no child goes hungry at school.
@RishiSunak
A brighter future for our children starts with giving them the healthy, nutritious food they need to learn.
Scotland and Wales are rolling out
#FreeSchoolMealsForAll
for every child in primary school — England can do it too.
Are you working on this
@RishiSunak
?
We must build a groundswell of support in Parliament and make it impossible for the Government to sweep this under the rug. Write to your MP today and ask them to back the Bill:
6 in 10 voters say Labour should back
#FreeSchoolMeals
for every child in primary school.
With support from 240+ civil society leaders, including MPs, mayors, councils, charities and unions, it's time for every party to back
#FreeSchoolMealsForAll
.
The emergency scheme from Mayor
@SadiqKhan
is great news for children in London.
But we want every child across the country to have
#FreeSchoolMeals
- for good.
🦷 A nutritious school dinner every day is part of a foundation for good oral health 🦷
The British Dental Association, Society of British Dental Nurses, and the British Society of Paediatric Dentistry are all calling for
#FreeSchoolMealsForAll
🚨NEW🚨report finds 1 in 3 children in the north are living in poverty. Other takeaways:
📈Child poverty in the north is at its highest level in the last 20 years
🏛️ Government action is needed - fast - to support children and families
⛔️Not on our watch⛔️
1.7 million children who count on
#FreeSchoolMeals
during the school year could go hungry this summer.
We're calling on
@BorisJohnson
to do the right thing and extend FSM over
#summerholiday
⌛️Please sign to support today✍
Today we've come together around one simple demand: no child in Britain should go hungry.
Unions, charities and MPs have sent a public letter to
@BorisJohnson
urging him to extend
#FreeSchoolMeals
over
#summerholiday
.
Sign now to support✍
1.7 million children are still denied Free School Meals. It's a scandal.
When a child is hungry, they can't learn. They can't reach their potential.
Tell the Government to step up 👉
#FreeSchoolMeals
#NoChildLeftBehind
This is an important initiative on holiday meals from
@MayorofLondon
,
@mayorsfund
and
@felixprojectuk
.
The emergency funding will help fight hunger, and support children and families through the cost-of-living-crisis.
Kids shouldn’t have to worry about where their next meal is coming from.
The cost-of-living crisis is stressful enough for families right now - which is why those who need it will receive free emergency meals over the holidays.
No child left behind.
📍Are you at
#NEU2024
?
Come find us outside Conference today to:
🚚Get a special sneak peek at our Summer Term plans
🔎Find out how you can get involved
🍎Pick up your own
#FreeSchoolMealsForAll
Teacher Toolkit.
No child should go hungry at school — or see a friend go hungry either.
In the sixth richest country in the world, we can do better.
#FreeSchoolMealsForAll
"We shouldn't have a postcode lottery when it comes to feeding children."
Teacher and NEU national president Louise Atkinson explains why educators are calling for
#FreeSchoolMealsForAll
@louiseatkinso14
@NEUnion