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Local
schools to benefit from £142,033 of new funding to promote healthy eating.
Thanks to the Hungry for Success initiative,
local youngsters are already enjoying
healthy school meals.
Local youngsters are set to benefit from £142,033 of new funding to promote
healthy eating in local schools.
The extra money is being welcomed by local Labour MSP Allan Wilson who says
the cash means even more resources for teachers to help get the message
across that a healthy meal means a healthy lifestyle.
The cash from the Labour-led Scottish Executive can be used to buy resources
like books and DVD’s to teach pupils about healthy eating. It can also be
used by schools to put in place systems for anonymising free school meals to
increase take up.
Speaking about the extra cash, the Cunninghame North MSP said: "Thanks to
the Labour-led Executive’s Hungry for Success initiative, local youngsters
are already enjoying healthy school meals.
“The extra £142,033 will allow North Ayrshire Council to build on this work
and push ahead with educating local youngsters about the benefits of a
healthy diet.
“If we can change attitudes and habits in pupils and encourage them to
choose healthier options then they are likely to enjoy a longer and
healthier life.”
NOTES:
The £5 million is a reallocation of existing Executive resources for the
financial year 2006-2007.
Hungry for Success has already seen over £120 million invested to make sure
school meals meet strict nutritional guidelines, provide fresh, free
drinking water to all pupils and provide free fruit to primary one and two
three times a week.
The Schools (Health Promotion and Nutrition) (Scotland) Bill was introduced
to Parliament on September 11, 2006.
Breakdown of
funding per Local Authority:
Aberdeen City - £160,971
Aberdeenshire - £211,683
Angus - £100,791
Argyll and Bute - £78,697
Borders - £94,058
City of Edinburgh - £368,445
Clackmannanshire - £50,501
Dumfries and Galloway - £131,092
Dundee - £156,763
East Dunbartonshire - £114,258
East Ayrshire - £122,464,
East Lothian - £92,585
East Renfrewshire - £97,214
Falkirk - £135,510
Fife - £331,411
Glasgow - £612,533
Highlands - £224,097
Inverclyde - £89,008
Midlothian - £84,799
Moray - £81,643
Orkney - £100,791
North Ayrshire - £142,033
North Lanarkshire - £373,495
Perth and Kinross - £107,945
Renfrewshire - £199,899
Shetland - £22,094
Stirling - £81,853
South Ayrshire - £102,475
South Lanarkshire - £321,943
West Dunbartonshire - £103,527
West Lothian - £160,971
Western Isles - £25,882
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