Our Trustees

For contact with Magic Breakfast's Trustees please go through the Secretary to the Board of Trustees, Ximena Del Castillo, [email protected]

For bios of Magic Breakfast's Trustees, see link below

Trustee biographies

Magic Breakfast's Board of Trustees reflect a broad range of expertise needed to govern the charity most effectively. Read more

Latest

Breakfast in a Bubble

How are our partner schools getting breakfasts to children whilst maintaining the protective ‘bubbles’?
Success: the School Breakfast Bill goes to second reading!

We are delighted that the School Breakfast Bill passed its first reading in Parliament.
Thank you for Keeping Breakfast Going

When the Covid-19 crisis hit back in March, we launched an emergency appeal with the simple aim of Keeping Breakfast Going.
We need Government action to ensure no child starts the day too hungry to learn

Alysa Remtulla, Head of Policy and Campaigns, explains why support for the School Breakfast Bill is vital.

Apply for Magic Breakfast provision

If you have identified pupils at your school who would benefit from a nutritious breakfast, please read about our eligibility criteria, then we look forward to receiving your application
What we do

Magic Breakfast provides nutritious breakfasts to children as fuel for learning and expert support to schools
The team

Magic Breakfast's head office is in London (this office space is kindly lent to us by Pearson), and we have further office space near London Bridge, but our School Partners are located all over England and Scotland so they can be close to the schools they work with.
What can a school expect from us?

Magic Breakfast not only provides food aid to schools, but has an expert team to help identify and reach every hungry pupil, offer nutrition advice and training, give parents nutrition and food hygiene training, and advise on post-breakfast activities such as book clubs and exercise sessions.
Why we are needed

As many as 1.8 million school age children are at risk of hunger in the UK
What does a magic breakfast look like?

We provide schools with low sugar, low salt, low fat, nutritious breakfast food for children. A "magic" breakfast consists of porridge, cereal, specially made protein rich bagels and fresh fruit juice.
National School Breakfast Programme

We are delighted to announce a new partnership with Family Action to deliver the Department for Education's National School Breakfast Programme
How Magic Breakfast began

Magic Breakfast was founded by Carmel McConnell, MBE, in 2003, but she started buying and delivering breakfasts to five schools in the London borough of Hackney three years previously after hearing from headteachers there that many of their pupils couldn't concentrate until they had had their lunch as they were too hungry.
Impact of Magic Breakfast

Teachers at our partner schools report that pupils who have eaten a nutritious "magic" breakfast have improved concentration, energy, alertness, punctuality, behaviour, social skills, health and educational attainment.
Ordering your food deliveries

Schools in partnership with Magic Breakfast get food delivered regularly, straight to the door

Every 34p kindly donated to Magic Breakfast could give a child a nutritious breakfast plus wrap-around support and the chance to succeed at school. Please help us to reach more hungry children. Read more

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