Lunch Bunch

Lunch Bunch gives children living in Islington, the chance to enjoy free or low cost fun activities alongside a free, healthy and nutritious lunch during the school holidays.

Lunch Bunch will be running during the 2021 Easter school holidays and will be offered as part of a variety of activities that are running across the borough. All activities will be supervised by caring adults in a supportive and safe environment.

Most activities will need to be booked in advance; details available shortly on activity provider websites.

Lunch Bunch will be available as part of activities at:

Bright Start 0-5 Discover the Parks - outdoor activities for families with under 5s
Holiday playschemes - holiday childcare and activities for primary age children
Adventure playgrounds - outdoor play sessions for children age 6 and up
Access to Sports - sports activities including tennis, football, and multi-sports
Platform - creative activities for young people
Lift - healthy living activities for young people
Rose Bowl - youth centre activities for children 8+
Lunch Bunch Family Kitchen - families cook a healthy lunch together with free ingredients provided via a supermarket voucher

New for Easter 2021! We’re inviting children to walk, run, skip the Daily Mile challenge and get a certificate, as part of their Lunch Bunch activities.

The number of spaces available at all activities will be limited in line with safety requirements.

Lunch Bunch provides free, healthy and nutritious lunches as part of activities. Lunch Bunch thanks St Aloysius College for the use of their kitchen!

April Menu:

Week 1	Thurs 1	Tues 6	Weds 7	Thurs 8	Fri 9
Option 1 - meat/fish	Chicken stuffed wrap	Turkey salad roll	Tuna sweetcorn bagel	Cheese and pepper pizza sandwich	Fish finger buttie
Option 2 - vegetarian	Hummus and salad wrap	Vegan pasty	Vegan Cajun vegetable wrap	Roast veg wholemeal pizza sandwich	Cheese salad roll
Side dishes	Chocolate and banana muffin Easy peeler	Spotted dick pudding Banana	Chocolate and banana oaty square Red apple	Apple pie Easy peeler	Viva milkshake Banana
Week 2	Mon 12	Tues 13	Weds 14	Thurs 15	Fri 16
Option 1 - meat/fish	Quorn sausage with ketchup wholemeal baguette	Vegan spicy pizza sandwich	Beef kebab in pitta	Salmon mayo and cucumber bagel	BBQ chicken and slaw wrap
Option 2 - vegetarian	Egg and salad baguette	Vegan spicy pizza sandwich	Cheese and broccoli quiche	Bean and roast veg wrap	BBQ quorn and slaw wrap
Side dishes	Lemon and orange oaty square Easy peeler	Pear and ginger muffin Green apply	Fruit flapjack Banana	Viva milkshake Easy peeler	Brownie square Banana

Other food support

If you need help with getting food or need family support, there are a range of services to help you.

We are Islington - 020 7527 8222 or minicom on 020 7527 1900. Lines are open every day from 9am to 5pm. Islington Council, voluntary sector and mutual aid groups are working together to provide support.

Food Parcels for vulnerable families - contact Bright Start family support surgeries.

Healthy Start Vouchers - families with children under 5 on certain benefits can apply for Healthy Start Vouchers to spend on milk, fruit and veg, and infant formula.

Islington Coronavirus Support Directory - Families can find services on the Coronavirus directory for support for information on food shopping groups, free groceries and groceries with free delivery local to them as well as counselling, legal advice and lots more Coronavirus Support Directory

Contact us:

For further information or If you’d like to get in touch with the Lunch Bunch team, please email lunch.bunch@islington.gov.uk or call the Family Information Service on 020 7527 5959.

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