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Sainsbury’s invests £1.5m to help children and families access healthy food

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Sep 7, 2026 — 2 min read

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By Charities Correspondent

Sainsbury’s is putting more than £1.5 million into projects helping children and families across the UK get access to nutritious food.

The funding comes as children return to school and will support breakfast clubs, school food pantries and improvements to school kitchens.

Two charities tackling food insecurity, Magic Breakfast and Rethink Food, will each receive £500,000 through Sainsbury’s partnership with Comic Relief.

Magic Breakfast will use the money to provide free breakfasts for children in primary and secondary schools, as well as helping schools run breakfast clubs.

Rethink Food will use its funding to expand its National School Pantry Network, giving more schools in areas of high deprivation the chance to provide free food for families to take home.

Sainsbury’s is also giving £280,000 to support the Department for Education’s free Breakfast Clubs programme.

The 1,400 new schools joining the scheme will be eligible for a £200 Sainsbury’s gift card.

The latest funding takes Sainsbury’s total investment in the programme to more than £500,000, with more than 2,700 schools supported since its launch.

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Another £300,000 will go towards upgrading school kitchens in areas of high deprivation through Sainsbury’s ‘Good food for all of us’ community grants programme with Neighbourly.

The money could be used for new ovens, fridges and storage, helping schools prepare and provide more food.

Ruth Cranston, Director of Sustainability at Sainsbury’s, said:

“Every child should be able to enjoy nutritious food both throughout the school day and when they get home, but for many families this can be a challenge.”

She said the investment would help schools provide support now while also addressing some of the longer-term difficulties families face in accessing nutritious food.

Sainsbury’s says it is also investing in keeping prices low and offering good value on nutritious food for customers this September.

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