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  • Spring Statement 2022

    Spring Statement 2022

    Magic Breakfast's response to the Chancellor's Spring Statement, March 2022. Read more

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Press releases

For media enquiries/press office please contact Jacquie Bance de Vasquez.
Jacquie's tel: 07939 939595.
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Spring Statement 2022

Spring Statement 2022

Magic Breakfast's response to the Chancellor's Spring Statement, March 2022. Read more

Published: 23rd March, 2022

Author: Magic Breakfast

Levelling Up White Paper

Levelling Up White Paper

Magic Breakfast's response to the Government's Levelling Up White Paper, 2nd February 2022. Read more

Published: 2nd February, 2022

Updated: 28th February, 2022

Author: Magic Breakfast

Scottish Budget

Scottish Budget

Magic Breakfast's reaction to the Scottish Budget 2022-2023 Read more

Published: 9th December, 2021

Updated: 13th January, 2022

Author: Magic Breakfast

Campaign calls on Chancellor for £75m to fund free school breakfasts

Campaign calls on Chancellor for £75m to fund free school breakfasts

Magic Breakfast campaign calls on Chancellor for £75m to fund free school breakfasts – as Covid risks widening gulf in life chances for disadvantaged children Read more

Published: 22nd October, 2021

Updated: 27th October, 2021

Author: Susan Soper

Shadow Ministers visit school breakfast club to see benefits of Magic Breakfast vital provision during Labour Conference

Shadow Ministers visit school breakfast club to see benefits of Magic Breakfast vital provision during Labour Conference

Magic Breakfast yesterday welcomed Shadow Secretary of State for Education Kate Green MP and Shadow Schools Minister Peter Kyle MP to a school breakfast club in Brighton. Read more

Published: 28th September, 2021

Updated: 11th October, 2021

Author: Susan Soper

New CEO Announced

New CEO Announced

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Lindsey MacDonald as the charity’s new CEO. Read more

Published: 6th September, 2021

Updated: 28th September, 2021

Author: Magic Breakfast

New DfE contract awarded to Family Action

New DfE contract awarded to Family Action

Magic Breakfast's reaction to the Department for Education's announcement of the new school breakfast contract Read more

Published: 9th July, 2021

Author: Susan Soper

Marcus Rashford Book Club

Marcus Rashford Book Club

Magic Breakfast and Macmillan Children’s Books announce official partnership to launch the new Marcus Rashford Book Club with schools in disadvantaged areas of the UK Read more

Published: 20th April, 2021

Updated: 23rd April, 2021

Author: Magic Breakfast

DfE tender 2021

DfE tender 2021

Magic Breakfast's reaction to the Department for Education's announcement of a new school breakfast club tender. Read more

Published: 15th March, 2021

Updated: 31st March, 2021

Author: Magic Breakfast

Breakfast in the Budget Press Release

Breakfast in the Budget Press Release

Magic Breakfast has launched an urgent campaign calling on the Government to announce new scaled up funding for school breakfasts for children at risk of hunger in the 3rd of March Budget. Read more

Published: 2nd March, 2021

Author: Susan Soper

ROI Press Release England

ROI Press Release England

New report finds free school breakfasts could generate up to £2.7 billion for the economy. Read more

Published: 8th February, 2021

Updated: 26th February, 2021

Author: Magic Breakfast

ROI Press Release Scotland

ROI Press Release Scotland

New report finds free school breakfasts could generate up to £200 million for the Scottish economy Read more

Published: 7th February, 2021

Author: Magic Breakfast

Magic Breakfast Expansion

Magic Breakfast Expansion

Magic Breakfast has, from January 2021, increased its offer of food provision and support to an additional 120,000 hungry children and to more than 500 extra schools Read more

Published: 21st January, 2021

Author: Susan Soper

YouGov Teacher Survey (Scotland)

YouGov Teacher Survey (Scotland)

Nearly two thirds of teachers in Scotland fear a rise in hunger among children returning to school this week, with 76% of those surveyed believing school breakfasts will help pupils catch up on learning lost during lockdown. Read more

Published: 11th August, 2020

Updated: 13th August, 2020

Author: Magic Breakfast

National Food Strategy Response

National Food Strategy Response

Magic Breakfast welcomes the National Food Strategy to tackle childhood hunger but breakfast must not be ignored. Read more

Published: 29th July, 2020

Author: Susan Soper

YouGov Teacher Survey (London)

YouGov Teacher Survey (London)

Over two thirds of London teachers fear rise in hunger among children returning to school in September, with 76% believing school breakfasts will help children catch up on learning missed during lockdown Read more

Published: 17th July, 2020

Author: Magic Breakfast

YouGov Teacher Survey

YouGov Teacher Survey

New survey finds over half of teachers fear rise in hunger among children returning to school in September, with 86% supporting nationwide programme of free school breakfasts Read more

Published: 17th July, 2020

Updated: 12th August, 2020

Author: Magic Breakfast

Marcus Rashford response

Marcus Rashford response

Magic Breakfast welcomes the Government's announcement that children eligible for free school meals in term time in England will get a six-week voucher for the summer holidays. Read more

Published: 16th June, 2020

Author: Magic Breakfast

Amazon Home Deliveries

Amazon Home Deliveries

Three quarters of a million healthy breakfasts are set for delivery to doorsteps of thousands of children across the UK, thanks to an expanded partnership between Magic Breakfast and Amazon Read more

Published: 13th May, 2020

Author: Magic Breakfast

New DfE funding

New DfE funding

The Department for Education has announced funding for new schools for the National School Breakfast Programme, delivered by Family Action and Magic Breakfast Read more

Published: 4th January, 2020

Updated: 17th January, 2020

Author: Magic Breakfast

Revised EEF evaluation

Revised EEF evaluation

Magic Breakfast's statement regarding the re-publication of the EEF's evaluation of school breakfast clubs Read more

Published: 13th December, 2019

Author: Magic Breakfast

Labour school breakfast pledge

Labour school breakfast pledge

The Mirror is reporting that a Labour government would fund free breakfasts for over one million schoolchildren Read more

Published: 5th December, 2019

Updated: 13th December, 2019

Author: Magic Breakfast

University of Leeds Press Release

University of Leeds Press Release

Skipping breakfast is linked to lower GCSE grades. Read more

Published: 20th November, 2019

Updated: 4th January, 2020

Author: Magic Breakfast

Russell Tovey launches Magic SATs 2019

Russell Tovey launches Magic SATs 2019

Award winning actor backs our campaign to ensure no child sits morning exams on an empty stomach Read more

Published: 1st May, 2019

Author: Magic Breakfast

Response to NEU survey

Response to NEU survey

A survey by the National Education Union finds widespread evidence of the negative effects of poverty on children's education. Read more

Published: 14th April, 2019

Updated: 1st May, 2019

Author: Magic Breakfast

Magic Brunch 2019 Press Release

Magic Brunch 2019 Press Release

Bistrotheque, Foxlow, Som Saa & Gunpowder London join forces to create our first Magic Brunch on March 3rd Read more

Published: 24th January, 2019

Updated: 13th February, 2019

Author: Magic Breakfast

Secondary School Tables

Secondary School Tables

Ensuring pupils are not too hungry or malnourished to learn will help to accelerate the very slow rate of closure of the attainment gap at GCSE Read more

Published: 24th January, 2019

Updated: 30th January, 2019

Author: Magic Breakfast

Minister for Hunger

Minister for Hunger

Magic Breakfast is backing a call by MPs for a Minister for Hunger to be appointed Read more

Published: 10th January, 2019

Updated: 24th January, 2019

Author: Magic Breakfast

15,000 more breakfasts

15,000 more breakfasts

Thousands more schoolchildren are receiving a nutritious breakfast since the National School Breakfast Programme was established in March Read more

Published: 2nd November, 2018

Updated: 8th November, 2018

Author: Magic Breakfast

Families Food and Fun

Families Food and Fun

New programme launched to support children and families during school holidays Read more

Published: 27th July, 2018

Updated: 7th August, 2018

Author: Susan Soper

NSBP Recruitment Drive

NSBP Recruitment Drive

Big recruitment drive for the Department for Education’s National School Breakfast Programme underway Read more

Published: 3rd July, 2018

Updated: 24th August, 2018

Author: Magic Breakfast

Magic Breakfast Scotland Launch

Magic Breakfast Scotland Launch

Magic Breakfast launches in Scotland: 400 schoolchildren in the most disadvantaged areas to receive free breakfasts Read more

Published: 1st March, 2018

Author: Magic Breakfast

PPL Charity Gala 2018

PPL Charity Gala 2018

£93.4 million awarded to charities in 2017 by players of People’s Postcode Lottery Read more

Published: 25th January, 2018

Updated: 26th January, 2018

Author: Magic Breakfast

Pippa Middleton's avocado recipe

Pippa Middleton's avocado recipe

Statement from Magic Breakfast regarding misleading reports in the media concerning a recipe by Pippa Middleton Read more

Published: 6th January, 2018

Author: Magic Breakfast

Can you help?

Can you help?

Can you help us make sure every schoolchild starts their day well nourished rather than too hungry to learn? Read more

Published: 2nd August, 2017

Updated: 7th December, 2017

Author: Magic Breakfast

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  • Apply for Magic Breakfast provision

    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

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    Quaker Oats

  • What we do

    What we do

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

  • What does a magic breakfast look like?

    What does a magic breakfast look like?

    We provide schools with low sugar, low salt, low fat, nutritious breakfast food for children. We offer porridge, cereal, bagels and baked beans.

  • What can a school expect from us?

    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

    Why we are needed

    Prior to the pandemic, 1.7 million children in the UK were living with food insecurity. This number is, sadly, likely to have grown because of Covid-19.

  • How Magic Breakfast began

    How Magic Breakfast began

    Magic Breakfast was founded by Carmel McConnell, MBE, who started buying and delivering breakfasts to five schools in the London borough of Hackney after hearing from headteachers there that many of their pupils were too hungry to learn.

  • Marcus Rashford Book Club

    Marcus Rashford Book Club

    Magic Breakfast and Macmillan Children’s Books announce official partnership to launch the new Marcus Rashford Book Club with schools in disadvantaged areas of the UK

  • National School Breakfast Programme

    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

  • Ordering your food deliveries

    Ordering your food deliveries

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

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Give a Magic Breakfast

Give a Magic Breakfast

Every 28p kindly donated to Magic Breakfast could give a child a nutritious breakfast and the chance to succeed at school. Please help us to reach more hungry children. Read more

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