GENIUS School Food Network

THERE'S STILL TIME TO VOTE for our 'National School Pantry Network' film in the @SmileyCFA - it's free and takes less than a minute 🤞🤞#makeadifference smileycharityfilmawards.com/films/national… #CharityFilmAwards #cfa26 #charity #SmileyCFA #CharityFilmAwards #TheSmileys #FilmAwards #CharityFilm

Eradicating child poverty is @ScotGov’s top priority. The draft Budget invests an additional £15m to expand free breakfast clubs to more primary schools. It also increases eligibility for free school meals to 5,500 more children. ➡️bit.ly/4pLKNBH

🎒🍽️ Around the world, too many children arrive at school too hungry to learn—or stay home altogether. ✏️ On #EducationDay 2026, the message is clear: no child should have to learn on an empty stomach. ➡️ #SchoolMeals help level the playing field so every child has a fair chance in the classroom and beyond. Learn more: schoolmealscoalition.org/why-school-mea…

Survey! ✨ UK Schools are invited to participate in research into food insecurity 🍎 More info and link below redcap.link/RISEPROJECT

New paper! Final publication of the year ✨️ Our systems map exploring factors contributing to food choice in the UK secondary school food setting, now available in Public Health Nutrition Read now ⬇️ cambridge.org/core/journals/…

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Exciting PhD opportunity! ✨ Explore effective food policy change in Northern Ireland - work with DAERA and contribute to impactful work improving the NI school food system Queen's University Belfast Apply by 29th Sept For more info and how to apply ⬇️ findaphd.com/phds/project/i…

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PhD opportunity! ✨ An exciting chance to explore effective food policy change in Northern Ireland - work with DAERA and contribute to impactful work improving the NI school food system 📍Queen's University Belfast 📅Apply by 15th Sept ⬇️More info findaphd.com/phds/project/i…

Nutrition Society School Food Systems SIG! ✨Join us online to hear from two speakers - Rab Brownell and Niamh O'Kane 📅Mon 9th June 🕙10-11am 🍎Niamh will also be presenting an overview of GENIUS Register now ⬇️ bit.ly/4jndxOR

The University of Birmingham is hosting the sixth Future Food Symposium on 21st and 22nd May! Several interesting areas of focus including one on Food in Education 🍎 Deadline for abstract submission 17th March Details ➡️ bit.ly/4iHUjm0

New book alert! 🚨 From Prof Kevin Morgan 📕 Serving the Public: The good food revolution in schools, hospitals and prisons More details below⬇️ bit.ly/3Do6G82

PhD opportunity! ⭐️ 'Implementing effective food policy change in Northern Ireland - the schools setting' 🏫Explore implementation of effective food policy change in schools in NI 📍Queen's University Belfast ⏲️Full time, funded 📅Apply by 11th March qub.ac.uk/courses/postgr…

Webinar! The Impact of Universal Primary Free School Meals in London 📅Tues 14th January - 12pm ⬇️Register below eventbrite.com/e/more-than-a-… @MylesBremner @CPAGUK @LondonReconnect @ICF

NEW! 🍎 Available now in Proceedings of the Nutrition Society @NS_Publications A review of the key findings from GENIUS and progress to date, as well as a summary of the current literature, identification of knowledge gaps and areas of debate Read now ⬇️ bit.ly/4g5shjn

📢 At the meeting of the @SchoolMeals_ Coalition task force member states in #Kenya🇰🇪, leaders committed to enhancing programmes through: 🍽️ Prioritizing #SchoolMeals in political and fiscal agendas. 🌾 Working with local farmers for food security and sustainable systems. 📊 Advance data and monitoring efforts via the Coalition's database. 💼 Mobilizing innovative financing for sustainable programmes. 🌍 Enhancing partnerships & integrating with the Global Alliance Against Hunger & Poverty. 🔗 More about the outcomes & commitments here: tinyurl.com/46r73jz6 🌐 Available in English, French, Portuguese & Spanish.

It is not too late for school caterers to get involved with LACA’s National School Meals Week that is taking place next week! Find out how your school can get involved! laca.co.uk/news/laca-unve…

In our GENIUS priority setting exercise, we identified the top 10 research priorities for the school food system in the UK 🍏 These should be considered by policymakers researchers and other school food stakeholders Read the article ➡️ bit.ly/3AzTJX1

Our school food survey revealed that school food systems are complex, with differing opinions among stakeholders 🍎 It also highlighted the importance of parental involvement and broader factors in identifying challenges and solutions Read now ➡️ bit.ly/3C2clzw

With CONNECTS-Food, we developed a systems map to identify key factors influencing primary school children's dietary choice 🍏 Helping identification of interventions & policies to facilitate a systems-wide positive impact on children's diets Read now➡️ bit.ly/3YyyxtE