Backing needed for breakfast club scheme

The founder and owner of the Oberoi Business Hub is urging more firms to support a breakfast club scheme.

Kavita Oberoi OBE instigated the Derby Breakfast Club Scheme in 2017, working with Derby City Council, Derby County Community Trust and local businesses.

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It currently supports 17 schools across the city to provide funded breakfasts for schoolchildren who would otherwise go hungry.

Among the firms already supporting the initiative is Smith Partnership, which backs the scheme at Firs Primary School. The school was recently crowned the best breakfast club in the East Midlands in the annual Kellogg’s Breakfast Club Awards.

Kavita said: “It is horrifying just how many children, in this day and age, are still going to school hungry – making it much more difficult for them to concentrate on learning and seriously impacting their long-term futures.

“The schools involved in the breakfast club scheme are really making a positive difference to children in some of our most deprived communities but this can only be achieved with the support of local businesses.”

For more details on how to sponsor a child or school, call Kavita’s office on 01332 224251.