New sustainability initiative – Planting for Pollinators!
This new initiative supports pupil understanding of how growing different plants, such as wildflowers and herbs, can support us and important pollinators, as well as being beneficial for food security and the environment. To get everyone involved, we partnered with Seedball UK and Bidfood, to gift packs of wildflower and herb seedballs, together with awareness-raising […]
We’re supporting the Queen’s Green Canopy Initiative
The Queen’s Green Canopy is a unique tree planting initiative created to mark Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee, celebrating 70 years of service to the United Kingdom. This nationwide campaign invites individuals, community groups, schools, and organisations to “Plant a Tree for the Jubilee”, with the aim of creating a network of trees that will serve as a lasting […]
International Green Apple Environment Awards
Hannah Irvine, our Sustainability & Environmental Manager explains “Our project aim was to build a continuous-improvement sustainability programme, focused on contract catering in the private education sector. Thanks to a full team effort, I was able to provide evidence that we are not only dedicated to feeding independent minds, but catering for sustainable futures”. The […]
We’re proud to launch our very own learning platform
Our experts have developed a virtual learning platform to support teachers educating pupils on food, nutrition and sustainability. The resources are available for both Preparatory and Senior Schools to facilitate teachers in delivering a wide variety of subject topics, such as packaging and recycling, immunity and wellbeing, food waste and the basics of nutrition. In […]
Reducing Our Food Waste
Within the UK, 9.5 million tonnes (that is the equivalent weight as 47,500 blue whales) of food is wasted every single year, with much of this waste coming from our homes (WRAP, 2020). Most of this food is considered to be avoidable food waste, meaning we could have eaten this at some stage. With such […]