Jamie Oliver Foundation

The Better Food Foundation needs help and support from, everyone who believes in grass-root, direct ways of tackling the issues impacting health and wellbeing in the UK.

The foundation has been going for 10 years. We've done amazing things and changed so many lives, but we need to raise much-needed funds in order to fulfill Jamie's Big Vision

The facts

• More than a million 16- to 24-year-olds are without a job, more than at any time since records began in 1992.

• Unemployment benefits have risen from 6,000 in 2008 to just fewer than 50,000
in 2012.

Unemployment against youths

The Fifteen Apprentice Programme is a benchmark for apprentice-style training in the UK. The pioneering programme creates new employment opportunities for young disaffected people, between the ages of 18 and 24, who are in need of a second chance in life.

The facts

• 96% of children do not eat the recommended 5 a day.

• The UK has the highest childhood obesity rate in Europe.

• 1 in 4 UK kids are already overweight or obese by the age of 4; by 11yrs olds this has risen to 1 in 3.

Food education amongst kids

Jamie Oliver's Kitchen Garden Project is aimed at getting food education back on the school curriculum, and ultimately teaching kids where food comes from and how it's grown as well as the hands-on experience of cooking in the classroom. It's about inspiring a generation of kids in the hope that they wont become part of the alarming rate of diet-related illnesses.

The facts

• The number of obese adults is set to rise by 73% over the next two decades.

• UK is most obese country in Europe.

Lack of basic cooking skills

Jamie's Ministry of Food project aims to tackle the lack of basic cooking knowledge amongst people of all ages. The convenience of fast food, and perceived cost benefits, has created a generation that is faced with a crippling obesity epidemic. And it's increasing at a frightening rate.

Be sure to read about the foundations work in Australia and the United States.

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We have school kitchens and gardens to build, unemployed young people to train and a generation of people in need of basic cooking skills. Our work is diverse, but it's highly targeted in order to tackle issues head on. Our technique is simple: we use the magic of food to address some of the startling issues around food and education.

Jamie's big vision

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The Better Food Foundation needs help and support from, everyone who believes in grass-root, direct ways of tackling the issues impacting health and wellbeing in the UK.

The foundation has been going for 10 years. We've done amazing things and changed so many lives, but we need to raise much-needed funds in order to fulfill Jamie's Big Vision

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The facts

Unemployment against youths

The facts

Food education amongst kids

The facts

Lack of basic cooking skills