Food and Fun School Clubs

Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:55 pm on 27 February 2018.

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Photo of Julie James Julie James Labour 1:55, 27 February 2018

Yes, indeed. The food and fun scheme is a great scheme—it's won seven awards, including an NHS award recognising the scheme's adherence to the tenets of the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015. I'm delighted to say that the Sustain charity wrote to all UK Governments in 2017 highlighting the Welsh model for tackling holiday hunger as the best in the UK. So, we're very pleased with what we've got already, and, as I've said, we are extending it. We will, however, be watching with keen interest the outcome of the North Lanarkshire pilot, which is funded by the local authority, and we'll be looking to consider the evaluations of that pilot in taking our own scheme forward. I very much hope that it works out and that we can emulate it.