This afternoon I presented my Healthy Start (Take-Up) Bill with the support of cross-party MPs and fantastic organisations.
I'm urging the government to auto-enrol those eligible for the scheme and make a #HealthyStartForAll🥦🍼
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🎬 Our webinar with Prof Bob Doherty from & assessing a key milestone in the Govt's #FoodStrategy with our Executive Director Anna Taylor is now on
You can watch the event in full here: 🔽
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Spiralling food costs are pushing families to the brink, with 27% of households with a child under four experiencing food insecurity.
My Bill will help maximise take-up of the Healthy Start Scheme at a time when families need it most.
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Families would automatically get Healthy Start food vouchers under new bill by
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This is why MPs are today debating a bill tabled by MP
It calls on Health Secretary to solve the issue of low uptake by introducing automatic registration.
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⚠️ New data shows only 2️⃣ out of 533 constituencies in England meet the Govt's target for uptake of
Hundreds of thousands of low-income families with newborns & young children are missing out on access to nutritious food.
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Are food & drink companies targeting kids through sport?
's new report shows that brands are using children's emotional connections to their favourite clubs to sell unhealthy products - putting their health at risk.
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Today marks one year since the Govt's #FoodStrategy was published.
Problems with food dominate the news but genuine progress in tackling them is hard to find.
Hear Prof Bob Doherty's assessment, in conversation with Anna Taylor in our latest webinar: bit.ly/3oMQu8V
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Are giant food & drink companies targeting kids through sport?
Our new report shows that brands are using our emotional connections to our favourite clubs to sell us unhealthy products — when the future health of 1 in 3 children is at risk.
Read more: bb2030.co/o2uM
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Danone boss calls for higher taxes on unhealthy food
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📢 Don't miss out on our 30-minute snap analysis of the Government's #NationalFoodStrategy 1️⃣ year on.
Wednesday's Quick Bites webinar features Prof Bob Doherty from & and our Executive Director Anna Taylor.
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🥦 In Wales we know the importance of giving all children a healthy start in life.
That's why we are rolling out Free School Meals & support young people to make healthy choices.
Great to join to support her Bill to give infants the best possible start in life.
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ICYMI: 🎥 WEBINAR ALERT!
Our Senior Business & Engagement Manager will explore the findings of the new 'Eating for Net Zero' report.
📅 Tuesday, June 13
🕒 10am-11am
✍🏽 Sign up to watch here: bit.ly/425TgUu
#NetZero #Sustainability
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ICYMI: 📢 Exciting job alert! 📢
We're hiring a Communications Team Leader to help us deliver high impact press and digital #comms as part of our work transforming the food system.
More info & how to apply here: ↩️
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#Jobalert #hiring #charityjobs
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📯 NEW PODCAST!
Senior Business & Engagement Manager explains the launch of our new Kids Food Guarantee dashboard.
🎧 Listen in full here: bit.ly/3Nvfknv
#foodinsecurity #CostOfLivingCrisis #KFG
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How can feed ourselves & world sustainably, securely & affordably?
Join to discuss at #BigTentYork23 🎪17/6 York
Tickets FREE but must be registered - more info at radixbigtent.org.uk
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👏 Well done to our Young Food Ambassadors Jacob and Rhowan from for being finalists of the Health & Wellbeing Award!
We're proud of all the work you do promoting children's #Right2Food
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📊 New data reveals 2 million+ children are now eligible for #FreeSchoolMeals
This highlights just how many families are struggling with the #CostOfLivingCrisis and shows why the Govt must extend access to this nutritional safety net.
🔗 bit.ly/3OZSZiK
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Fantastic to see a new report from pulling together key evidence on #UPF in the early years!
The first years of life are critical for good nutrition & Govt policy must support this - starting with improving the scheme
🔗 bit.ly/43KZWbJ
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📢Sharing our new policy report on #UltraProcessedFoods in the diets of 👶👦👧 in the UK. Concerningly we find that #UPFs exist in all commercial baby & toddler food categories & among foods targeted at pre-schoolers. See firststepsnutrition.org/childrens-food #BabyFood #ChildHealth #Nutrition
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ICYMI: There are financial risks of failing to make healthier & more sustainable diets affordable/accessible for everyone.
Our latest #PlatingUpProgress report explores these risks & why investors are increasingly interested in food policy.
📃 Read more: bit.ly/421JHG0
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Yogurt is a staple food item for many families and is considered relatively healthy - yet many are high in sugar.
79% of households we surveyed told us they'd like to see retailers make the healthiest children's yogurts the most affordable.
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🛒 We've just launched our Kids Food Guarantee dashboard!
It will track what progress retailers are making against a set of actions needed to tackle rising levels of #foodinsecurity amid the #CostOfLivingCrisis
Learn more here: bit.ly/3NgcMsW
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ICYMI: 🙌 Thanks to star for guest presenting our latest podcast!
To mark #VolunteersWeek we're celebrating the contributions of our #BreadlineVoices bloggers &
🎧 Listen in full: bit.ly/3N8Vr5h
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🍔 explaining that our unhealthy diet is not due to laziness or lack of knowledge, but poverty and inequality. The poorest 10% of people in the UK would need to spend 75% of our income on food to get anywhere near a healthy diet.
Aired this morning on .
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📢 Exciting job alert! 📢
We're hiring a Communications Team Leader to help us deliver high impact press and digital #comms as part of our work transforming the food system.
More info & how to apply here: ↩️
bit.ly/3CoZaoy
#Jobalert #hiring #charityjobs
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📢 Join us for a 30-minute snap analysis of the Government's #NationalFoodStrategy 1️⃣ year on.
Our latest Quick Bites webinar features Prof Bob Doherty from & and our Executive Director Anna Taylor.
Sign up to watch here: bit.ly/3oMQu8V
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New report from reveals numbers that this Government should be ashamed of. Here's what you need to know (🧵1/6)
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'Back in 2010 there were 35 food banks in the UK. Now there are 2,811'
🗣️ Prof Bob Doherty from and speaking about #foodpoverty on
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📚 Our upcoming #BrokenPlate report highlights the struggles of low-income families to afford healthy, nutritious food.
Executive Director Anna Taylor explains more to during a visit to #LewishamMarket for
Watch in full: bit.ly/42jAQ2l
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Student volunteers at have been tackling the cost of living crisis through their Campus Pantry🤝
“The most important part is ensuring its accessible and easy for students to find”
Find out more below 👇
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#Volunteersweek
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ICYMI Good to see & 's Food Justice Action Plan featured in last night's , alongside looking at cost of healthy food & farming. Catch it here:
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Over half a million children have dropped below the poverty line in the last year, a survey by the End Child Poverty Coalition reveals.
Seven out of ten are living in working households.
has this exclusive report.
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⚠️ 'More than half of our calories are now coming from Ultra-Processed Foods' which are associated with bad health outcomes'
Our Executive Director Anna Taylor shares findings from our upcoming #BrokenPlate report on
Watch in full here: bit.ly/42jAQ2l
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🙌 Thanks to star for guest presenting our latest podcast!
To mark #VolunteersWeek we're celebrating the contributions of our #BreadlineVoices bloggers &
🎧 Listen in full here: bit.ly/3N8Vr5h
📺 Tune in to on at 6pm on Sunday for a preview of our flagship #BrokenPlate2023report!
Our Executive Director Anna Taylor will be discussing how food price inflation could negatively impact the nation's health.
More here: bit.ly/42jAQ2l
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🎥 WEBINAR ALERT!
Our Senior Business & Engagement Manager will explore the findings of the new 'Eating for Net Zero' report.
📅 13th June, 2023
🕒 10am-11am
✍🏽 Sign up to watch here: bit.ly/425TgUu
#NetZero #Sustainability #healthydiet
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🎬 Don't worry if you missed our webinar about the latest guidance on sweeteners with nutrition expert and scientist Jason Montez!
You can watch the whole event here: ↩️
bit.ly/43fzgjD
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