Horndale County Infant and Nursery School received a boost last week after food company Kellogg’s awarded a grant worth £450 to help fund the school’s Breakfast Club.
Horndale County Infant and Nursery School is one of 600 schools from across the country to receive a grant after research revealed more children than ever are going to school hungry.
Money troubles and a lack of interest from parents are forcing more and more children to literally fend for themselves in the morning leading to many sitting at their desks with empty tummies, according to a report by Kellogg’s.
School breakfast clubs are widely regarded as a cost-effective way to tackle child hunger in the morning, however, recent reports reveal that 40% of breakfast clubs have closed in cash strapped schools across England in the last year.
Kellogg’s launched the ‘Help Give a Child’ a Breakfast campaign last October to help bridge the funding gap for schools as research showed the detrimental impact the closure of breakfast clubs could have according to teaching professionals across the UK.
Mrs Courtney, Head Teacher, said “Breakfast clubs are a lifeline for many children, but with budgets being tight they could sadly become an unaffordable luxury in future. The grant will really help our club and we’ll look forward to providing a free breakfast for the children who attend as well as buying some new crockery and cutlery!”
Kellogg’s is donating £300,000 in total through the campaign to provide one million breakfasts for the children that need it most in the UK and Ireland.
