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Re-accredited in 2008

2007 Big Tick winner

Re-accredited in 2007

2006 Big Tick winner

Big Tick winner in 2006

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Kraft Foods - health 4 schools

Merrill Lynch Education Award supported by the Department for Children, Schools and Families

health 4 schools “has broadened horizons and given students opportunities to do things they might not otherwise have done.”

 

Anne CrawfordLifelong Learning Co-ordinator, Cheltenham Kingsmead School

Health 4 schools is a well-established programme that advocates healthy lilfestyles in Gloucestershire communities through the promotion of healthy diet and active play to school children.

Processes

Participating schools are supported with funding, training, a resource pack, access to the health 4 schools website, a dedicated co-ordinator and hands-on facilitator support to implement the programme.

The programme takes a holistic approach focusing on four strands of activity: growing and learning about food, learning to cook, eating breakfast and active play.

Over the last three years, Kraft has invested a total of £575,000 in the development, implementation and management of the programme; the latest phase will bring in over £150,000 of additional investment.

Impact

  • 100 Gloucestershire schools and 24,000 primary and secondary school pupils now benefit from the programme
  • Health 4 schools has led to a culture change in 93% of schools with a 91% improvement in pupils’ healthy living awareness as a result of the programme
  • Increased engagement with and development of children with learning and behavioural difficulties through their participation in the programme
  • Professional development of 160 school staff through cookery workshops and achievement of a food hygeine qualification
  • Kraft’s profile has grown globally with the company being asked for advice on implementing a similar community programme in Bahrain
  • Health 4 schools facilitates regular dialogue with government stakeholders providing a powerful platform on which Kraft can build constructive relationships

See also