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By Rachel Lawler

 

The Children’s Food Trust has announced that it is closing. The charity announced the news on its today, where it also reflected on its “genuine and positive” contribution to children’s health in the UK.

 

Linda Cregan, chief executive at the charity, commented: “We remain passionate and dedicated to improving child health but it has proved impossible to continue to deliver our services and extremely reluctantly the Trustees have chosen to close the Trust.”

 

Cregan added that the Children’s Food Trust had helped ensure that 11 million children have improved access to healthy food, thanks to new frameworks for schools and early years settings.

 

Chair of trustees Adam Starkey added that the decision had been made with a “heavy heart” and encouraged people to continue working towards improving children’s health. He said: “Government, food producers and food retailers must make a commitment to researching what works, creating approaches and policies that have an impact and campaigning to change behaviours that get children to eat well.”

 

The Alliance was saddened to hear of the charity’s closure. Chief executive Neil Leitch said: “The Alliance has been involved with the CFT for a number of years and has always supported the organisation’s excellent work improving the wellbeing of children in the early years. The loss of the charity will be keenly felt by colleagues across the sector. However, the collective drive and passion of all those who worked for The Children’s Trust will have a lasting, positive effect on children’s health”