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The Department of Health's School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme aims to supply one piece of fruit every schoolday, to every child in England aged 4-6. The scheme, funded by lottery money, started as a pilot in 500 schools, and is being rolled out across the country region by region.

Redbridge is the largest distributor of fruit under this scheme, with 12,000 individual deliveries a week of around 2,500,000 pieces of fruit to 500,000 children at over 4,500 schools in the West Midlands, North East, North West, South East and South West.

In some areas this may be the only fresh fruit the children eat; a recent survey found that one in five children do not eat any fruit at all. Fruit is a source of essential vitamins, minerals and fibre; it can also help cut the risk of asthma in children.

Redbridge offers a choice of fruit to the schoolchildren - apples, pears, "easypeeler" oranges, bananas, carrots and cherry tomatoes. As you can see from their smiles, the children really enjoy our fresh fruit!

Link to School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme press release

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Department of Health's National School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme