New Children's Right2Food Charter launches
Today, the Children’s Right2Food Campaign’s Young Food Ambassadors are publishing their new Children’s Right2Food Charter, which has been updated in light of the problems exacerbated by the COVID-19 lockdown, and provides an evidence-based road map for the government to ensure that every children has access to a healthy diet.
The Charter is accompanied by a new report which points to a lack of action, slow progress and COVID-related delays in children’s food policy across all four UK nations despite two million children experiencing food insecurity since lockdown.
Dame Emma Thompson is an ambassador supporting the young people as they demand the ear of Government and a formal response to their recommendation for a Children’s Right to Food Commission to speed up action across government and monitor and protect children’s food in the UK. A full press release is available here.
You can hear first-hand experiences from the Food Foundation’s ambassadors in their new #Right2Food podcast series available here:
- Right2Food Podcast Episode 1: Lockdown Life
- You can listen to the Young Ambassadors co-hosting BBC Radio 4’s Food Programme yesterday, which also featured Debbie Weekes-Bernard, London’s Deputy Mayor for Social Integration, Social Mobility and Community Engagement
Supporting the campaign
** Today (Monday 13 July): You can support the Food Foundation and Children’s Right2Food Campaign on Social Media **
You can share the Ambassador’s new video with the suggested tweet below on social media today. You can download and share the Children’s Right2Food Campaign’s new video here: https://we.tl/t-qQB4QKlzdF
You can follow them on Twitter here: @Food_Foundation and @CR2FCampaign
A suggested tweet to support is:
Covid has shone a spotlight on the scale of children’s food poverty in the UK.
Young people are calling for gov to act now on their Charter: https://bit.ly/3gLRkZT
RT for children’s #Right2Food 📢
@educationgovuk @DHSCgovuk @Food_Foundation
@10DowningStreet @CR2FCampaign
The hashtag they are using is #Right2Food
Or you can retweet the Food Foundation’s account here.
Launch Event – Wednesday 15 July
The report and Charter will be launched during a webinar hosted by the Food Foundation: ‘What next for children’s food?’ on Wednesday 15 July from 10-11am
Register here to join a discussion of urgent priorities for policymakers and parliamentarians, chaired by Sharon Hodgson MP.