@AE_Cunningham

Food obsessive. All opinions are my own...

 London, United Kingdom
Joined July 2012
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Brilliant new partnership #forthechildren! Nice one, thank you #Marcus ♥️ ⁦@MarcusRashford⁩ launches book club for disadvantaged children ⁦@MacmillanKidsUK⁩ & ⁦@magic_breakfast⁩ @BBCNews ⁦@SianGriffiths6⁩ ⁦@Rachel_deSouza⁩ bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-ma…

Marcus Rashford launches book club for disadvantaged children

The book club will see 50,000 books distributed across 850 primary schools in England and Scotland.

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We are delighted that @theSNP has taken onboard our recommendations and pledged to provide free, nutritious breakfasts to all schoolchildren in state-funded primary and special schools across Scotland, including during the holidays. @PPLPubAffairs #FuelforLearning
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Fantastic to see continued investment in school breakfasts and ensuring children don’t start their day hungry - crucial step in supporting children’s education #nsbp #fuelforlearning @magic_breakfast
Department for Education
@educationgovuk15 Mar 2021
We’re extending funding for school breakfast clubs to help make sure thousands of children have a healthy start to the day. £24 million will be available to continue our support for a further 2 years.
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Thanks team @magic_breakfast ❤️ My privilege to support such inspiring schools, great children. Credit to @AE_Cunningham & the whole team for the @changeactivist2 story so far...@ImpetusPEF @EducEndowFoundn @TaylerKatie @family_action #NSBP @simonburfoot #NoChildTooHungryToLearn – at Camden Town, London
Magic Breakfast
@magic_breakfast9 Mar 2021
To mark our 20th Anniversary year we'll be sharing 20 stories that make Magic Breakfast ‘magic’, kicking off with an interview with our Founder, Carmel McConnell MBE. @MagicCarmel #MB20years. Read her story here: ow.ly/k0d550DUd4f

Our Founder: Carmel McConnell MBE

We speak to our Founder, Carmel McConnell MBE, about what drove her to start Magic Breakfast, her passion, vision, and what she believes to be the solution to child morning hunger. Can you tell us a...

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PBE@ProBonoEcon10 Feb 2021
🔊Alysa Remtulla from @magic_breakfast lets us in on their plans to strengthen investment in school breakfasts Our new research finds that 1yr of breakfast provision to 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿KS1 pupils at disadvantaged schools could generate long-term econ benefits of £2.7bn bit.ly/3rE8RIP
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We are launching an urgent campaign to get #BreakfastInTheBudget. In July, govt funding for school breakfasts will end. We need new funding to end child morning hunger, close the educational attainment gap & rebuild our economy. Please support here: bit.ly/mb-act-now
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Heinz UK & Ireland
@HeinzUK8 Feb 2021
Free school breakfasts could generate up to £2.7 billion in benefits for the economy in England, according to a new report by @ProBonoEcon in partnership with @HeinzUK and @magic_breakfast. Write to your MP to get #BreakfastInTheBudget - bit.ly/mb-act-now
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'It enabled us to provide breakfast for all children, there’s no stigma attached to it and I think that’s really important' says headteacher @StBridesRCPS @theipaper #NoChildTooHungryToLearn #childrensmentalhealthweek ow.ly/1tTq50Ds5Qo

'Child hunger has been a silent issue - now it's getting proper attention', says headteacher

i partnered with Magic Breakfast for its Christmas Appeal and has so far raised more than £340,000

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We stand on the shoulders of those who came before. When Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat, she was lifting all of us up. Today, on her birthday, we honor her legacy and courage.
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Breakfast provision can reduce a child's experience of food insecurity and positively impact on their emotional wellbeing. We are #KeepingBreakfastGoing for children whether at home or at school. #childrensmentalhealthweek
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Hugo Gye@HugoGye21 Jan 2021
Boris Johnson, Keir Starmer and Nicola Sturgeon don't agree on much. But tonight they are united in hailing the generosity of @theipaper readers who have raised more than £250k for @magic_breakfast as part of our Christmas charity appeal: inews.co.uk/news/christmas-a…

Boris Johnson hails i readers for donating £260,000 to Magic Breakfast appeal

Gavin Williamson, Sadiq Khan and senior Tory MP Robert Halfon praised the efforts to raise more than a quarter of a million pounds

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Our founder, Carmel McConnell MBE thanks @theipaper readers & supporters such as players of @PostcodeLottery 'The school breakfast voice is still very faint and you’ve really helped us make it louder' inews.co.uk/news/uk/magic-br…

i's Magic Breakfast appeal: 'More children are going hungry but your help makes a difference'

i spoke to Magic Breakfast founder Carmel McConnell about her charity, which this year is marking its 20th anniversary

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As we enter another lockdown we will be #KeepingBreakfastGoing whether children are in school or at home. Our schools are sending out breakfast packs or, thanks to @AmazonUK breakfasts are going direct to children's homes. Our aim as ever is #NoChildTooHungryToLearn
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i's Magic Breakfast appeal: Chef and food writer Gizzi Erskine backs school meals campaign @GizziErskine @theipaper inews.co.uk/news/christmas-a…

i's Magic Breakfast appeal: Chef and food writer Gizzi Erskine backs school meals campaign

Chef and food writer Gizzi Erskine has backed i's Christmas Appeal, saying that hunger "oppresses the mind"

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Just amazing! As we face another uncertain year, this is a tremendous boost helping us to continue to provide healthy breakfasts to schoolchildren at risk of hunger #fuelforlearning @theipaper #thankyou
The i Paper
@theipaper30 Dec 2020
Replying to @theipaper
UPDATE: We have smashed our Christmas Charity Appeal target again! 🎉 Your donations have raised £141,000 for @magic_breakfast inews.co.uk/news/christmas-a…

i's Magic Breakfast appeal: generous readers break target for a second time with £141,000 raised...

Donations to Magic Breakfast from i readers have now surpassed £141,000 and a third target has been set of £180,000

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The i Paper
@theipaper24 Dec 2020
Dishoom co-founder @shamilthakrar says ‘it’s sad we can’t feed our kids’ as he speaks about our @magic_breakfast Christmas Appeal #fuelforlearning inews.co.uk/news/christmas-a…

i’s Magic Breakfast appeal: Dishoom’s co-founder says ‘it’s sad we can’t feed our kids’

By next month, the restaurant group Dishoom will have donated two million meals to hungry children in Britain

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Huge thanks to the generous readers of @theipaper who have raised an astounding amount in just five days! Let's keep going. #NoChildTooHungryToLearn ow.ly/Y4Qm50CSWbZ

i's Magic Breakfast appeal: Christmas target raised to £125,000 after i readers raise £75,000 in...

Magic Breakfast works with nearly 500 schools in disadvantaged areas of England and Scotland to help children get a nutritious breakfast

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School says it is the "difference between children starving and not" and how a healthy school breakfast is about so much more than just the food. Please support @theipaper appeal #FuelforLearning ow.ly/TdH850CRTcz

i's Magic Breakfast appeal: Glasgow school says service is 'difference between children starving...

Donna McKay, who is in charge of St Stephen's and St Kevin's Primaries in Glasgow, said the benefits of the Magic Breakfast service were 'unquantifiable'

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