Early Years

Early years settings that achieve a Food for Life Award are:

• providing tasty, nutritious meals
• teaching children to cook, grow and eat fresh, healthy and sustainable food
• developing good social skills, engaging families and enriching the EYFS curriculum

To achieve your award you’ll work through a series of activities, developed with leading early years practitioners. You can read the full list of activities here.

You’ll be given access to a wealth of resources and specialist training as you work through your Award. And we'll celebrate your achievements each step of the way.

Achieving a Food for Life Early Years Award demonstrates:

• you meet Ofsted requirements for ‘practitioners to provide a healthy diet and give clear and consistent messages to children that support healthy choices around food.’
• you meet the government’s Voluntary Food & Drink Guidelines

For Early Years teachers and staff, find out how to enrol here . 

If we’re working with in your area, you may be able to access the Food for Life Award programme for free. Find out if your local authority is working with Food for Life.