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Cares For Kids Breakfast Clubs

Have you had breakfast this morning?  If the answer is no, how hungry are you right now? 

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The children are getting here earlier and are far more alert when lessons start.  It's free which means we can get the children who would not usually have breakfast and who’s parents are unable to pay towards attending.  We can really target children who need it without putting pressure on parents.

Dovecote Primary School

We all know that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and yet across Nottingham City hundreds of children are going to school without breakfast and struggling to concentrate and behave in class.  Cares For Kids is a unique charity set up in Nottingham to address the problem of primary school children who are starving hungry or/and are not attending school and so failing in class. 

A partnership of businesses, schools and volunteers are changing these children's lives and raising their aspirations.   Business funding, volunteers, parents and teachers have all come together to create Breakfast Clubs which are giving children the best start to the day.

Can you help? Contact Helen Moore 0115 924 7411

Benefits

Breakfast Clubs provide children with a healthy breakfast, which is proven to help their concentration, attendance and social interaction thereby raising educational attainment.  Breakfast Clubs educate children on the benefits of a healthy diet and nutrition they also help integrate the families with the schools and create better communication between teachers and parents, offering parents the opportunity to go to work/training.  Arriving from 8am onwards children eat whilst learning life skills including sitting at a table to eat, manners and interacting with their peers.

The Cares for Kids charity supports 44 Breakfast Clubs in Nottingham City, providing a free breakfast for 1200 children every day.

Who is involved?

Experian, Capital One and Wilkinson are founding sponsors of the charity. Their financial support enabled the project to start and expand.  Hovis Bakery in Nottingham is now providing free bread to all the clubs and this is being delivered free of charge by City Link.  The following companies are also now involved and together they are successfully changing these children's lives. 

  • E.ON
  • Gala Coral Group
  • HSBC Bank Plc
  • Freeth Cartwright LLP
  • Eversheds
  • Boots 
  • Enterprise Rent A Car
  • John Lewis
  • Nottingham Trent University
  • PricewaterhouseCoopers
  • Thomson Reuters

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