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Funding and Support for School Breakfast Clubs (UK)

Magic Breakfast, which is a registered charity that aims to end hunger as a barrier to education in UK Schools, is currently accepting applications to its Magic Breakfast programme.  

The programme provides:

  • Personalised expert support. 
  • Magic Breakfast provide as much food as schools need to reach all children at risk of hunger, at the start of the school day.
  • Deliveries of a range of healthy cereals, bakery products, porridge and beans.
  •  A ‘start up’ grant of £250 for essential resources to start or expand breakfast provision.

For a school in England to be eligible, at least 35% of pupils should be recorded as eligible for Pupil Premium.In Scotland, at least 35% of your pupils should be in Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) Decile 1-4

Magic Breakfast are planning to expand to Northern Ireland and Wales soon.

As a Magic Breakfast school, schools need to:

  • Pay a small membership fee.
  • Provide staff support to prepare and run the breakfast at your school.
  • Have a keen interest in addressing morning hunger in your school so the breakfast is rolled out in a hunger focused way. We’ll help with this too.
  • Work with us to help measure and monitor the impact of breakfast.

Expression of Interest can be made at any time. 

Once the Expression of Interest form has been submitted, and eligibility has been checked Magic Breakfast will hold the application details on file.  As soon as sufficient funding has been raised to offer support, they will get in touch to arrange a visit.

 

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17th September 2025