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School Food Matters
Remote working with occasional in-person meetings at our offices in Richmond
Posted: 13 Mar 2025
Deadline: 23 Mar 2025
Compensation: £165 per day
Living Wage employer
Paid Part-time Flexible hours Fixed term / contract Remote working
Job description
Background
School Food Matters (SFM) exists to teach children about food and to improve children’s access to healthy, sustainable food during their time at school. We provide fully funded food education programmes to schools. Our experience delivering these programmes informs and strengthens our campaigns, bringing the voices of children, parents and teachers to government policy. Since 2013, we have partnered with Whole Foods Market to deliver a range of programmes for the Whole Kids Foundation, the charitable arm of Whole Foods. One of these programmes is our School Garden Grants Programme, which provides schools with funding to transform lifeless outdoor spaces into thriving gardens where students can grow fresh fruit and vegetables.
For 2025, we have a total grant fund of £70,000 to distribute amongst schools in seven London boroughs. Each school can apply for a maximum of £2,000 to create an edible growing space situated within school grounds.
Tasks and Responsibilities
Person Specification
Essential
Desirable
Please note: School Food Matters is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all employees to share this commitment. If you are offered employment, you will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service record check.
School Food Matters is a London Living Wage employer and is committed to creating an inclusive work environment, where our team members are supported in expressing themselves and delivering their best work. So, however you identify and whatever background you bring with you, please apply if the role is one that would make you excited about coming into work every day.
School Food Matters is only able to employ people who are entitled to work in the UK and cannot assist with work permit or immigration issues. We are unable to help find accommodation in London.
Application information
Once you have thoroughly read this job description and had a careful look at our website including our charter, please complete the application form here. The electronic form can be saved but you may also find it helpful to use the word document here as a template. Please could you also tell us how this freelance role will fit with your other work commitments.
Applications must be submitted by midnight on Sunday 23 March 2025. Interviews will be held at our offices at The Bridge, 7b Parkshot, London TW9 2RD during the week beginning Monday 24 March 2025.
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About School Food Matters
Founded in 2007, School Food Matters was born out of a grassroots campaign that transformed school meals for 38 schools in the London borough of Richmond. The charity now works in all London boroughs and in cities throughout England. School Food Matters is the charity that knows schools. We raise funds so that we can offer free food education programmes to schools. We use our extensive knowledge, gained from delivering these programmes, to advocate for better school meals and vital food education. We work in partnership with charities that share our mission, bringing the voices of children, parents and teachers to government policy.
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