The Awards

The National Breakfast Club Awards recognise the great work that teachers, parents, volunteers and school staff
do to help thousands of children and young people get the best possible start to their day.

We are searching for the best breakfast clubs in the country so get it touch if you think yours is a contender.

The Prizes

This year, we’re offering up to £15,500 worth of cash prizes to the best breakfast clubs in the UK. Here’s what we’re looking for:

The best breakfast club in each UK country (England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland)

  • Winner: £1,500
  • Runner Up: £750
  • Highly Commended: £200 Each (5 per country)

And a breakfast club champion who epitomises what breakfast clubs are all about

  • Winner: £2,000
  • Runner Up: £550

How to enter

Go to www.breakfastclubplus.org.uk and download an application form for a chance to win.

The awards close on Friday 12 February 2010 so make sure you enter for your chance to win.

One of last year’s winners : Ysgol Y Faenol, Bodelwyddan, North Wales

Mrs Linda Stanton, teaching assistant at the school, set up the breakfast club two years ago. Numbers of children coming to the club were low at first so Mrs Stanton decided to introduce an exciting range of activities to entice more pupils – and her plan worked a treat! More than 60% of the school now attends the club.

The children choose a theme each term which have included physical activities like Circus Skills Training, learning activities like the Celebration of being Welsh and performance arts activities like the Breakfast Club’s Got Talent. The current theme is Primary School Musical

“Winning the breakfast club plus award has had a huge impact for us as we now have purchased own equipment and do not have to borrow resources from the school.  The breakfast club children held a meeting with staff and decided to buy a digital camera so that we can record our work for our portfolio, outdoor toys to improve our health and fitness, art and craft supplies ensuring that we can continue with our projects, and new indoor toys.  

We recently celebrated Remembrance Day and Diwali, the Hindu festival of light and have many more projects in mind.”
“Not only do the children have a healthy breakfast so they have energy for the morning lessons, they also get the chance to learn so many new skills. The club has helped to build their confidence and self-esteem which is so rewarding to see.” Mrs Rhian Jones - Head Teacher