Thousands of children in the UK are set to benefit from a brand new charity partnership between Tesco and breakfast club charity Magic Breakfast.
Magic Breakfast provides free food to over 8,500 school children in more than 250 primary schools every day, helping to make sure pupils don’t start their morning lessons hungry.
Having a nutritious breakfast helps children learn and sets them up for leading a healthier life. 32 per cent of children in the UK regularly miss breakfast and, as a result, their health and education can suffer.
Starting this month, Tesco will supply 40,000 boxes of own-brand nutritious cereal to Magic Breakfast for children to eat at its breakfast clubs. Boxes of own-brand cereal on sale at Tesco stores will also feature information about the charity and how people can donate.
As well as helping to make sure children get enough food to do well at school, Magic Breakfast also helps to promote a diet that is lower in sugar, saturated fats and salt. The charity targets schools in deprived areas where over 35 per cent of the children are eligible for Free School Meals.
Carmel McConnell, CEO of Magic Breakfast said, “Magic Breakfast was set up out of love and concern for children and a belief in their potential, given the right start. A hungry child cannot concentrate. This new Tesco donation of cereals will save the charity thousands of pounds this year, money we can use to extend to new schools who need help to reach hungry school children. It seems wrong to us for any child to miss out on the most important lessons of the school day simply through lack of a good breakfast.”
Greg Sage, community director for Tesco said, “We’re incredibly excited to work with Magic Breakfast – their dedication means children don’t start school on an empty stomach, which can make a real difference to a child’s academic achievement.
"Magic Breakfast also does fantastic work to promote a healthy diet to children, something we’re committed to at Tesco. We’re removing sweets and chocolates from checkouts at all our stores, and through The Tesco Eat Happy Project we are helping children to have a happier and healthier relationship with food."
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