Maintained and voluntary aided schools in Haringey will be receiving a sum of money from the Healthy Pupils Capital Fund (HPCF) in January 2019, which has been generated from the government’s Soft Drinks Industry Levy (informally known as the ‘sugar tax’). The funding is intended to improve facilities for physical activity, healthy eating, mental health and wellbeing, or medical conditions in schools.
Schools which are eligible should have been contacted by Haringey Public Health in December 2018 with guidance on spending the funding appropriately. Schools are also required to complete a reporting template advising how they intend to spend the money.
Section 1 of the reporting template should be submitted to healthy.schools@haringey.gov.uk no later than Friday 5 April 2019.
For any queries, please contact Meinir Jones, Public Health Commissioner healthy.schools@haringey.gov.uk.