School Food Matters will use the grant to supply more than 20,000 nutritious breakfasts over the two-week Christmas school holidays and February half term to vulnerable children and families in Southwark who have been severely impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.
The grant represents the first time in its 70-year history that Unicef UK has moved to develop a UK domestic emergency response.
Food Power for Generation Covid is a joint initiative with Sustai: the alliance for better food and farming, which will help provide food for vulnerable children and their families by awarding grants to UK community projects like School Food Matters.
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