Our young people
Who they are:
We have over 70 young campaigners who we work with; they come from all over England and are aged between 14-21.
How they develop:
Our young people are given the opportunity to develop in a number of areas such as public speaking, networking, confidence building, research, writing, content making and strategic thinking.
What they do:
Our young people select one of the four different Impact project working groups. They work on this throughout the year where they think of different ideas to achieve their campaign goal.
GREAT BITE BACK WINS
2 LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITMENTS:
Tower Hamlets and Sheffield City Council have committed to healthier advertising policies; we are now working with Greater Manchester, Oxfordshire, Leeds and Liverpool.
3 GOVERNMENT POLICY COMMITMENTS:
Extending Free School Meals during Covid; junk food advertising restrictions on TV before 9pm and online; new mechanisms to monitor school food standards.
4 CORPORATE COMMITMENTS:
Tesco, Danone, Jamie Oliver Group and KFC have committed to healthier sales targets; we are now in dialogue with 5 companies about setting healthier sales targets.
200 SCHOOLS:
Have taken action to improve the health of their school food as a result of Bite Back. By 2030 we expect this to grow to 925 secondary schools and 185,000 pupils, as part of our new funded plans for growth and scale. This represents 25% of English secondary schools and 20% of Scottish secondary schools.
65k SUPPORTERS:
Our supporters have taken 750k digital actions to support our young people’s work.
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON EVALUATION:
Shows improvements in skills and personal development, careers development, expansion of social capital, increased awareness of the issues and improved belonging and wellbeing.
