Ten primary schools from around Sheffield have been awarded Eat Smart grants of up to £250 by Eat Smart Sheffield.
The grants announced today mean that more than 60 schools in the city have been awarded grants since the programme began in September 2019.
The grants, which any primary school in Sheffield is eligible to apply for, can be spent on anything from gardening equipment for school allotments to ingredients for school cooking clubs and educational materials.
Rory Coleman, PE teacher at Lowedges Junior Academy, which Eat Smart Sheffield awarded with the first Food for Life Silver Award in the city, said: “Our partnership with Eat Smart Sheff has been fantastic.”
“It has provided us with great ideas to share with our pupils, parents and wider community and help get across key messages of how important a healthy and sustainable lifestyle actually is.”
Mr Coleman said: “Our children have thoroughly enjoyed many of the activities; with planting our own food, home baking videos and starting up a cooking club being particular highlights!”
Eat Smart Sheffield is funded by Sheffield City Council as part of their Learn Sheffield scheme and aims to combat childhood obesity and poor oral health outcomes.
Lisa Aldwin, programme manager of Eat Smart Sheffield said: “We’re trying to encourage children, their families and the wider community to grow and enjoy good quality food more- that’s our aim, we’re trying to give schools those resources that they need to be able to do that.”