Why take part?

There are a number of great reasons why schools, local authorities, school caterers and foodservice contractors should join together to take part in National School Meals Week 2010. These are just some of them:

• It's important to create a whole school approach to healthy eating and NSMW achieves exactly that.
• You can add fun into your healthy eating menus.
• More pupils and students staying for a school meal, the average increase last year was 7.8%.
• Parents, teachers and Governors will have greater faith in the catering service provided and give the service more support.
• There are assembly materials and activity sheets available to support your teaching on healthy eating and active lifestyles.
• It is a digital marketing campaign again and utilises the Internet and new media.
• The week is free of charge and there are many downloads available.
• There are lots of items to download that will enable you to run the week.

So make sure you register now