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<p>The department is investing up to £26 million in a breakfast club programme, using
funds from Soft Drinks Industry Levy revenues. This money will kick start or improve
breakfast clubs in over 1,700 schools. The focus of these clubs has been to target
the most disadvantaged areas of the country including the Department for Education’s
opportunity areas to help make sure every child gets the best start in life.</p><p>A
contract was awarded to Family Action in March 2018 and will run until March 2020.
Family Action, in partnership with Magic Breakfast, have both been named as the leading
charities responsible for running the breakfast club programme. Family Action are
distributing the appropriate funding to participating schools who meet the eligibility
criteria. Family Action has confirmed that they have reached their recruitment target
of 1,775 schools.</p><p>We monitor management information from the programme on an
ongoing basis and will also review the effectiveness of the programme fully once the
programme concludes including the number of children attending. In March 2019, Family
Action indicated that by the start of the summer term over 250,000 children would
be benefiting from the programme.</p><p> </p>
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