School Food Matters has six basic goals. We want all schools to have:

• kitchens capable of preparing fresh and healthy food
• a commitment from school meal providers to supply food from local and sustainable sources
• cooking and growing programmes
• a link with a local farm as an educational resource, and for the supply of local produce
• lunchtime in a pleasant, fully equipped environment
• a designated champion from staff or governors and from the school council

School Food Matters will contribute by:

• issuing this report to schools to canvass support from Heads, governors and PTA
• finding out exactly what your school needs to allow you to achieve these goals
• liaising with existing school meal providers to work towards local and sustainable sourcing
• reporting to council to urge them to allocate funding to school meals and food education
• canvassing the wider community, where appropriate, to gather support for the campaign
• establishing a database of farmers to facilitate contact between link farmers, schools and meal providers