A New Meal Deal: A campaign briefing on the future of school meals
School meals are an essential public service that support children and families, tackle poverty, address public health issues and improve educational attainment. Despite this, the service is operating under unprecedented pressure, with rising demand, increasing costs and insufficient investment threatening its long-term sustainability.
APSE and The School Food People's latest campaign briefing, 'A New Meal Deal' explores the state of local authority school meal services, the pressures they are facing and calls for greater investment to sustain and strengthen this vital service.
Read the briefing here
Promoting excellence in public services
APSE (Association for Public Service Excellence) is a not for profit unincorporated association working with over 300 councils throughout the UK. Promoting excellence in public services, APSE is the foremost specialist in local authority frontline services, hosting a network for frontline service providers in areas such as waste and refuse collection, parks and environmental services, cemeteries and crematorium, environmental health, leisure, school meals, cleaning, housing and building maintenance.
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