Regional Meeting online on Thursday 5 June 2025 at 1.30pm via Microsoft Teams
Programme
1.30pm Welcome – Lorna Hicks, Chair
1.40pm ‘Eat Them to Defeat Them Campaign’ update - Soraya Ulrich-Khan, Project/Schools/HAF Manager, Veg Power.
2.00pm The SCOTY Experience - Regional Winner 2025 – Mike Tafft, Telford & Wrekin Council
2.15pm TBC
2.35pm What’s happening in your Local Authority/ Catering Contracts/Self-Managed Schools? -
Brief reports (5 minutes) - e.g. school meal prices from September 2025, new initiatives to encourage uptake, buying up to 50% of food from UK/local sources, staffing recruitment and retention, breakfast pilots etc. - Representatives from Local Authority Caterers/ Contractors Caterers and Self- Managed Schools Caterers.
3.35pm Questions
3.45pm Close.
To book a place, please email kathleen.hayton@ntlworld.com, not later than Friday 23 May 2025. Please include your name, Local Authority/School/Company and email address.
The meeting link will be sent a few days before the meeting.
I look forward to seeing you online on 5 June 2025, and especially welcome new Members.
Diary Date:
Thursday 16 October 2025 Joint East & West Midlands Regional All-Day Event at Parts Town UK, Cannock
Food for thought - an appetite for catering for special dietary requirements - IDDSI and Allergens.
This includes an Allergen update from LACA Ambassadors Tanya and Nadim Ednan-Laperouse, Natasha Researc
Save the date - more details to follow