{"id":11088,"date":"2019-06-25T07:49:16","date_gmt":"2019-06-24T21:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.foodbank.org.au\/2019\/06\/25\/school-breakfast-program-funding\/"},"modified":"2025-09-16T12:42:05","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T02:42:05","slug":"school-breakfast-program-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.foodbank.org.au\/school-breakfast-program-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"NSW Government funds Foodbank’s school breakfast program"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Foodbank NSW & ACT applauds the NSW Government\u2019s announcement of
\n$8 million for school breakfasts<\/h1>\n

18 June 2019<\/strong> \u2013 The NSW Government announced today a commitment of $8 million over 4 years which will allow Foodbank NSW & ACT (FBNA) to expand the School Breakfast 4 Health program to an additional 500 schools in NSW.<\/p>\n

The additional funding will deliver more than 4 million wholesome, nutritious breakfasts to children over the next 4 years, ensuring that kids are starting their day off right.<\/p>\n

The School Breakfast 4 Health program currently operates in just over 140 schools in NSW, with schools reporting its contribution towards increased school attendance, student attentiveness and improved behaviour in the classroom.<\/p>\n

FBNA CEO, Gerry Andersen, says: \u201cWe want children to focus on being kids and learning while they are at school, however the reality is that it\u2019s more likely for a child in Australia (22%) to experience food insecurity than an adult (15%).<\/p>\n

\u201cWith these additional funds we will be able to reach an even greater number of children and provide them with a nutritious and healthy breakfast.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to the 2018 Foodbank Rumbling Tummies Report, parents living in food insecure households say their children will go to school without eating breakfast at least once a week.<\/p>\n

FBNA Chief Operating Officer, John Robertson, says: \u201cThe evidence from other states that run similar programs demonstrates not only improved educational outcomes but also improved health for young people in the longer term.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cGiven one of the Premier\u2019s goals is to improve child eating habits and health, the Government\u2019s support of our School Breakfast 4 Health program is a significant step towards achieving that goal\u201d.<\/p>\n

The incidence of food insecurity is growing and there is unmet and growing demand for food relief with more than 20% of the population (over 4 million Aussies) experiencing food insecurity in the last 12 months.<\/p>\n

FBNA is the largest food relief organisation in the state, underpinned by a simple mission to fight hunger by providing quality food to people in need.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Foodbank NSW & ACT applauds the NSW Government\u2019s announcement of $8 million for school breakfasts 18 June 2019 \u2013 The NSW Government announced today a commitment of $8 million over 4 years which will allow Foodbank NSW & ACT (FBNA) to expand the School Breakfast 4 Health program to an additional 500 schools in NSW. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[235,236,240],"tags":[132],"class_list":["post-11088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media-releases","category-news","category-nsw-act","tag-media-release"],"acf":[],"formatted_date":"June 25, 2019","raw_html":"

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Foodbank NSW & ACT applauds the NSW Government\u2019s announcement of
\n$8 million for school breakfasts<\/h1>\n

18 June 2019<\/strong> \u2013 The NSW Government announced today a commitment of $8 million over 4 years which will allow Foodbank NSW & ACT (FBNA) to expand the School Breakfast 4 Health program to an additional 500 schools in NSW.<\/p>\n

The additional funding will deliver more than 4 million wholesome, nutritious breakfasts to children over the next 4 years, ensuring that kids are starting their day off right.<\/p>\n

The School Breakfast 4 Health program currently operates in just over 140 schools in NSW, with schools reporting its contribution towards increased school attendance, student attentiveness and improved behaviour in the classroom.<\/p>\n

FBNA CEO, Gerry Andersen, says: \u201cWe want children to focus on being kids and learning while they are at school, however the reality is that it\u2019s more likely for a child in Australia (22%) to experience food insecurity than an adult (15%).<\/p>\n

\u201cWith these additional funds we will be able to reach an even greater number of children and provide them with a nutritious and healthy breakfast.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to the 2018 Foodbank Rumbling Tummies Report, parents living in food insecure households say their children will go to school without eating breakfast at least once a week.<\/p>\n

FBNA Chief Operating Officer, John Robertson, says: \u201cThe evidence from other states that run similar programs demonstrates not only improved educational outcomes but also improved health for young people in the longer term.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cGiven one of the Premier\u2019s goals is to improve child eating habits and health, the Government\u2019s support of our School Breakfast 4 Health program is a significant step towards achieving that goal\u201d.<\/p>\n

The incidence of food insecurity is growing and there is unmet and growing demand for food relief with more than 20% of the population (over 4 million Aussies) experiencing food insecurity in the last 12 months.<\/p>\n

FBNA is the largest food relief organisation in the state, underpinned by a simple mission to fight hunger by providing quality food to people in need.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/section>","ACF":false,"featured_image_url":"","author_name":"eden.patrick@foodbanknsw.org.au","spinnr_header":"default_spinnr_header","spinnr_mobile_menu":"default_spinnr_mobile_menu","spinnr_footer":"default_spinnr_footer","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foodbank.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foodbank.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foodbank.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foodbank.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foodbank.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11088"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.foodbank.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11088\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15119,"href":"https:\/\/www.foodbank.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11088\/revisions\/15119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foodbank.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foodbank.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foodbank.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}