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The phrase 'The sky is the limit' highlights how opportunities differ based on privilege; for many, that limit' is not the same. Child poverty causes this, it affects social mobility, educational attainment, and overall physical and mental wellbeing. Every child in the country should be allowed to have a hot, free school meal at lunch regardless of their postcode. The playing field is completely unfair, and as a result, we are being let down by the policy makers and people we trust to make the best decisions for us.
The phrase 'The sky is the limit' highlights how opportunities differ based on privilege; for many, that limit' is not the same. Child poverty causes this, it affects social mobility, educational attainment, and overall physical and mental wellbeing. Every child in the country should be allowed to have a hot, free school meal at lunch regardless of their postcode. The playing field is completely unfair, and as a result, we are being let down by the policy makers and people we trust to make the best decisions for us.
Judith has worked in the food and drink industry for 40 years in manufacturing, retailing, and from 2004 to 2021 as Director of Sainsbury’s Brand driving the Product Quality and Innovation agendas along with Corporate Responsibility, Sustainability, and Public Affairs. Today she is Deputy Chair of The Environment Agency, Chair of MicroSalt and The Rugby Players Association, a Non-Executive Director of Monaghan Mushrooms and Daemon, a Trustee of The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, and an ambassador for Farm Africa and the Woodland Trust. Judith is a Biochemist, nutritionist, has an Honorary Doctorate in Agriculture from Harper Adams University, she is an Associate of the Royal Agricultural Societies, Honorary President of the British Nutrition Foundation, and a Fellow of the Institute of Food Science and Technology (IFST), the Royal Society of Arts and Manufactures (RSA) and a liveryman at The Worshipful Company of Butchers. From 2013 to 2018 she co-chaired of the Governments’ AgriTech Council and today she co-chairs Defra’s Food Data Transparency Partnership Eco group. She was awarded an OBE in 2015 for services to Farming and the Food Industry, and is a Commissioner on the Food, Farming and Countryside Commission and The Harper Commission into the Future of UK Food.
Sophie is a Consultant in Diabetes and General Medicine and Clinical Lead for Diabetes at King’s College Hospital NHS FT. She also holds leadership roles in South London as Joint Clinical Director of Diabetes at the Health Innovation Network (HIN) and Joint Director of King’s Health Partners, Diabetes, Obesity and Endocrinology Clinical Academic Partnership. After studying Medicine at Cardiff University, Sophie completed her medical training in South London. During this time, she noticed inconsistencies in the delivery of and access to services. This piqued her interest in driving change to address inequalities by finding ways to scale-up proven innovations and best practice at regional and national levels. She is a strong believer in providing people with the right skills to empower them to make informed lifestyle and health decisions. She is currently leading a project for NHS England assessing user experience and outcomes in diabetes.
Parveen Bird is a Director at the Big issue Group. She began as a volunteer helping to organise events around the 15th birthday of the Big Issue. For the 30th anniversary, she was the Co-Executive Producer of a cinema released documentary called Someone’s Daughter Someone’s Son. Prior to that Parveen was a live on-screen reporter and Producer for ITV National breakfast TV. A lack of affordable, accessible healthy food and access to a kitchen are some of the issues commonly faced by Big Issue vendors and other marginalised people. Many of the newspaper's vendors have horticultural growing skills and the Big Issue is looking to pilot a project in regenerative food growing, that will grow food and grow people.
