About the AEGON Breakfast Club
Background
In April 2003, City of Edinburgh Council Children and Families Department and NHS Lothian committed to developing breakfast clubs in primary schools across the City on the basis that:
- There would be open free access for all.
- Schools would be prioritised according to need, using Health Deprivation Category scores and Free School Meals statistics.
By August 2007, there were 26 breakfast clubs running in 28 schools. The AEGON Breakfast Club initiative aims to expand these to every primary school in Edinburgh over the next three years.
Everyone knows that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, but research from the Health Education Board for Scotland found that ‘children from low-income families are more likely to go to school without having had a nutritious meal’*.
*HEBS report, 2003
What happens at a breakfast club?
Each breakfast club runs for between half an hour to an hour before school. Typically between 10 to 60 children a day attend. They can enjoy a healthy, nutritious breakfast – for example, cereal, toast, yoghurt, fruit, juice and water.
Latest News
Clydesdale Bank to Support Staff Training Programme
The AEGON Breakfast Club would like to thank Scottish Premier League sponsors Clydesdale Bank for making a generous donation of £4,000 to the programme.
Muirhouse Housing Association Supporting Breakfast Clubs in North Edinburgh
The Muirhouse Housing Association has kindly made a donation to the breakfast club project.
Tynie Tigers visit Woodlands Special School
Tynie and Teenie Tiger were out and about again in May to visit the staff and pupils at Woodlands Special School. Pupils were keen to show off their brand new school to the Tigers who came along with their friends from the breakfast club to share their healthy eating message.