Innovative community projects that address school holiday child hunger
By Lindsay Graham, 4 August 2021
Fellow's Profile
Lindsay Graham
Fellow's Profile
Lindsay Graham
Innovative community projects that address school-holiday child hunger
Fellowship
- Themes
- Focus
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Improving children's wellbeing by providing out-of-school nutrition programmes
- Countries
- Fellowship year
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2014
- Supported by
- Locality
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Scotland
Contact
Biography
Formerly a community nurse and civil servant, Lindsay has worked in strategic government roles in Scotland and England. Known as one of the UK's leading experts on school food she previously served as Vice Chair of Scotland’s Poverty and Inequality Commission and as a Committee Member for the National Lottery Community Fund Scotland. In 2022 Lindsay was awarded an OBE by the late Queen Elizabeth the Second for her work in addressing children’s food insecurity in the UK. In 2023 Lindsay received an Honorary Doctorate from Glasgow Caledonian University for ‘unwavering dedication to social justice’, and more recently the Lifetime Excellence Award from the Scottish School Food awards in 2025.
Her 2014 Fellowship to nine US states was to research Innovation in Community Projects that address School Holiday Child Hunger. 'Holiday hunger' highlights child poverty in the UK, and she believed that it was being overlooked in both policy and legislation. Her Fellowship gave her valuable insights into demonstrable international policy and practice to help make the case for change across all four UK regions. It is difficult to quantify the results of her Fellowship as much of her campaigning work was done as an individual. It has led to change at UK wide policy level along with substantial government funding that has directly improved the quality of lives of our younger citizens and families.
Ideas
Activity
June 2022 Fellows' update: Lindsay Graham
Food campaigner Lindsay Graham (CF 2014) was awarded an OBE in the Queen's birthday honours this month. The award is in recognition of Lindsay’s services to tackling children’s food insecurity.
By Lindsay Graham, 30 June 2022
Ending children's food poverty: Lindsay Graham
By Lindsay Graham, 4 August 2021
January 2021 Fellow's update: Lindsay Graham
Food campaigner Lindsay Graham (CF 2014) has signed an open letter from Marcus Rashford urging the government to review its free schools meals policy. Lindsay’s Fellowship explored holiday meal provision and her findings have informed a Covid-19 Food Security Briefing in Scotland.
By Lindsay Graham, 31 January 2021
October 2020 Fellow's update: Lindsay Graham
Food campaigner Lindsay Graham (CF 2014) has written on food insecurity and school holiday hunger in a piece for Fairer Scotland and has featured in a piece by Talk Think Teach. Lindsay’s Fellowship explored holiday meal provision and her findings recently informed a Covid-19 Food Security Briefing in Scotland.
By Lindsay Graham, 31 October 2020
School holiday hunger
By Lindsay Graham, 6 August 2018
Tackling holiday hunger
By Lindsay Graham, 19 January 2018
Disclaimer
All Reports are copyright © the author. The moral right of the author has been asserted. The views and opinions expressed by any Fellow are those of the Fellow and not of the Churchill Fellowship or its partners, which have no responsibility or liability for any part of them.
Ideas
Innovative community projects that address school holiday child hunger
By Lindsay Graham, 4 August 2021
Activity
June 2022 Fellows' update: Lindsay Graham
Food campaigner Lindsay Graham (CF 2014) was awarded an OBE in the Queen's birthday honours this month. The award is in recognition of Lindsay’s services to tackling children’s food insecurity.
By Lindsay Graham, 30 June 2022
Ending children's food poverty: Lindsay Graham
By Lindsay Graham, 4 August 2021
January 2021 Fellow's update: Lindsay Graham
Food campaigner Lindsay Graham (CF 2014) has signed an open letter from Marcus Rashford urging the government to review its free schools meals policy. Lindsay’s Fellowship explored holiday meal provision and her findings have informed a Covid-19 Food Security Briefing in Scotland.
By Lindsay Graham, 31 January 2021
October 2020 Fellow's update: Lindsay Graham
Food campaigner Lindsay Graham (CF 2014) has written on food insecurity and school holiday hunger in a piece for Fairer Scotland and has featured in a piece by Talk Think Teach. Lindsay’s Fellowship explored holiday meal provision and her findings recently informed a Covid-19 Food Security Briefing in Scotland.
By Lindsay Graham, 31 October 2020
School holiday hunger
By Lindsay Graham, 6 August 2018
Tackling holiday hunger
By Lindsay Graham, 19 January 2018
Disclaimer
All Reports are copyright © the author. The moral right of the author has been asserted. The views and opinions expressed by any Fellow are those of the Fellow and not of the Churchill Fellowship or its partners, which have no responsibility or liability for any part of them.
