Tag: Sainsbury’s

Sainsbury’s invests over £1.5 million to put good food on the menu for children this school year

Stuart Mitchell

Sainsbury’s has today announced an investment of over £1.5 million to help put nutritious food on the table for children and families across the UK. Coinciding with the start of the school year, the funding will support a range of initiatives designed to improve access to healthy food both in and outside the classroom. Through its partnership with Comic Relief, two charities tackling food insecurity – Magic Breakfast and Rethink Food – will each receive £500,000 from Sainsbury’s to expand their reach, strengthen their impact and help develop long-term solutions…

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Sainsbury’s launches major new Modern Work Experience programme to help 10,000 young people into work

Stuart Mitchell

Sainsbury’s has announced the launch of a new Modern Work Experience Programme that will create around 10,000 opportunities over the next year for young people to develop skills, build confidence and gain insight into future careers. Modern work experience is a fresh take on the idea of a week’s work placement, with research showing that repeated, meaningful engagement with employers at school can significantly reduce the risk of becoming not in education, employment or training (NEET) by 80%1. Instead of a one-off, young people get a series of real, hands-on…

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Let’s Make a Meal of It campaign raises half a million pounds to tackle UK hunger

Stuart Mitchell

Sainsbury’s customers have joined millions of shoppers across the UK to help raise more than £500,000 through the industry wide Let’s Make a Meal of It campaign. Across April and early May, five major supermarkets, including Sainsbury’s, M&S, Morrisons, Tesco and Waitrose, came together to run the initiative in stores and online, helping to unlock new sources of food for people facing hunger. Latest Food Foundation figures show 8 million people go hungry in the UK, including 2.2 million children, while frontline charities say they can’t meet high levels of…

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Sainsbury’s commits £8m to tackle holiday hunger as its colleagues help by ‘moving for meals’

Stuart Mitchell

Sainsbury’s and Comic Relief have announced that they are investing over £8m of donations raised through their partnership into complementing the Government’s Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme. With over 2 million children living in food insecure households in the UK***, and many missing out on Government funded holiday provision due to continued strict eligibility thresholds, school holidays create a sharp gap where families struggle to provide enough nutritious food for their children, without the lifeline of free school meals provided during term time. Holiday clubs are vital in bridging…

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One in six parents have put their children to bed hungry every week, new research finds

Stuart Mitchell

More than one in six parents surveyed (18%) across the UK say they have put their children to bed hungry or without enough food at least once a week in the last 12 months, due to issues accessing or affording enough food, according to new research released today by Comic Relief and Sainsbury’s. The findings expose the scale of food insecurity facing families, with parents making hidden sacrifices to protect their children from hunger and distress. More than a quarter (26%) of parents surveyed pretend there is more food in…

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