Breakfast Club Boom
The number of Breakfast Clubs set up in Greater Manchester to stop kids going hungry has hit an all time high.
89 percent of schools in the region now offer food to pupils before lessons begin. It's after worrying stats showed one in seven pupils is starting the day on an empty stomach.
A recent report by Kellogg's found:
- 2.4% in every class in England and Wales will arrive at school hungry at least once a week. - 28% of teachers have witnessed an increase in children arriving at school hungry in the past year - 31% of teachers say they have to spend a disproportionately higher amount of teaching time with children who arrive at school hungry, than those who don't. - 44% of teachers say that school breakfast clubs help children's learning and attainment. - 69% of teachers say that a breakfast club has a positive impact on their ability to teach their class
LISTEN: Our Chief Reporter Michelle Livesey visits a Breakfast Club in Stockport:
Schools in Manchester who run Breakfast Clubs are now being encouraged to enter the national Breakfast Club Awards.
The Kellogg’s Breakfast Club Awards recognises these great clubs that are running every morning across the UK and the people that make them happen.
A specialist panel of experts has been hand-picked to judge the awards and winner and runners up will be announced via a web broadcast on 9 November, by the star of Educating Yorkshire, Matt Burton.
Each winning school will receive £1,500 for its Breakfast Club, with runners up winning £500 and the 2015 Breakfast Club Awards Grand Winner receiving £2,000. Winners will also be invited to attend an awards ceremony in The Houses of Parliament.
To find out more about each of the categories and to submit a Breakfast Club entry, visit: www.kelloggs.co.uk/breakfastclubawards.
Entries close on 12th October.