Tag: Kellogg’s

Families gain half a million pounds in pioneering benefit scheme, with billions still left unclaimed

Stuart Mitchell

Low-income families in the North West have boosted their incomes with help from a scheme which provides financial advice in schools for struggling families. After a successful pilot of the ‘Money Matters’ scheme, more than 300 families are around £500,000 better off – an average of £1,634 a year each. With one family seeing their income rise by a staggering £24,121 a year. In the UK, an estimated £23 billion of benefits goes unclaimed every year because of a lack of awareness and complicated application processes. Money Matters, a scheme…

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UK teachers spend £25 a month of their own money feeding hungry pupils

Stuart Mitchell

16 per cent of teachers report regularly parting with their own money to buy food or snacks for kids, while over a quarter (27 per cent) have given away food they personally brought in for their own snacks or meals. A new report launched today, Hungry to Learn: The impact of morning hunger on our schoolchildren, reveals the extreme lengths teachers are going to feed hungry children at school; a sign of the increased pressures schools and families are facing when it comes to food poverty. The report by Kellogg’s…

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Kellogg’s launches Money Matters report to help families unlock benefits

Stuart Mitchell

Kellogg’s and GMPA launched a report on the pilot Money Matters programme at a roundtable in Parliament hosted by Stretford and Urmston MP, Andrew Western. The report highlights the success of the programme with families receiving tens of thousands of pounds as part of a scheme to match them to benefits they are entitled to but did not claim. A limited pilot of the Money Matters programme helped 104 families. Each received an average of £1,567. Roundtable attendees urged government to go further and support a wider roll out to…

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Industry receives funding to demonstrate switch to hydrogen

Stuart Mitchell

Global manufacturers Kellogg’s, Essity and Novelis have been selected to receive funding by the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero to undertake demonstrations in which they will switch their fuel to hydrogen at their North West plants. This will enable the three companies to demonstrate that they can reduce their carbon footprint by using low carbon hydrogen to manufacture their products such as Kellogg’s Cornflakes, Plenty towels, and high quality rolled aluminium products for the automotive market and beverage cans. The programme running the demonstrations, named ‘HyNet Industrial Fuel…

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Kellogg’s Reaches Gender Parity Target, Three Years Ahead of 2025 Goal

Stuart Mitchell

Kellogg’s has reached its goal of having 50% male and female representation at manager level and above in the UK. This achievement comes three years ahead of schedule, as the goal was due to be reached by the end of 2025. Kellogg’s is a foundational member of the LEAD Network (Leading Executives Advancing Diversity) and David Lawlor, President Kellogg Europe, signed the LEAD CEO Pledge in 2019, to support its commitment to gender parity and to help drive inclusion in the European retail and consumer goods industry. Equity, diversity, and…

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