Government Plan 2021–2024 (P.130/2020): eighteenth amendment [P.130-2020 Amd.(18)]

STATES OF JERSEY

GOVERNMENT PLAN 2021–2024 (P.130/2020) EIGHTEENTH AMENDMENT

Lodged au Greffe on 30thNovember 2020 by Deputy R.J. Ward of St. Helier

STATES GREFFE

2020  P.130 Amd.(18)

GOVERNMENT PLAN 2021–2024 (P.130/2020): EIGHTEENTH AMENDMENT ____________

1  PAGE 2, PARAGRAPH (i) –

After the words "Appendix 2 – Summary Table 5(i) to the Report" insert the words –

", except that in Summary Table 5(i) the Revenue Head of Expenditure for Covid-19  Response  shall  be  reduced  by  £573,717  and  such  funding allocated  to  the  Head  of  Expenditure  for  Children,  Young  People, Education and Skills to allow for the extension of the school meals pilot to all fully state-funded primary schools with a view to Island-wide provision being in place by the start of term in September 2021 at the latest, or earlier if practicable."

DEPUTY R.J. WARD OF ST. HELIER

Note:  After this amendment, the proposition would read as follows –

THE STATES are asked to decide whether they are of opinion

to receive the Government Plan 2021 – 2024 specified in Article 9(1) of the Public Finances (Jersey) Law 2019 ("the Law") and specifically –

1. to approve the estimate of total States income to be paid into the Consolidated Fund in 2021 as set out in Appendix 2 – Summary Table 1 to the Report, which is inclusive of the proposed taxation and impôts duties changes outlined in the Government Plan, in line with Article 9(2)(a) of the Law;
2. to approve the amounts to be transferred from one States fund to another for 2021, in line with Article 9(2)(b) as set out in Appendix 2 – Summary Table 2 to the Report;
3. to approve the proposed borrowing to be obtained for 2021, in line with Article 9 (2)(c), up to and including the amount set out in Appendix 2

– Summary Table 3 to the Report;

4. to approve each major project that is to be started or continued in 2021 and the total cost of each such project and any amendments to the proposed total cost of a major project under a previously approved government plan, in line with Article 9(2)(d), (e) and (f) of the Law and as set out in Appendix 2 - Summary Table 4 to the Report;
5. to endorse the efficiencies and other re-balancing measures for 2021 contained in the Government Plan as set out in Appendix 2 Summary Table  6  and  reflected  within  each  gross  head  of  expenditure  in Appendix 2 – Summary Table 5(i);

6. to  approve  the  proposed  amount  to  be  appropriated  from  the Consolidated Fund for 2021, for each head of expenditure, being gross expenditure less estimated income (if any), in line with Articles 9(2)(g), 10(1) and 10(2) of the Law and set out in Appendix 2 – Summary Tables 5(i) and (ii) of the Report, except that in Summary Table 5(i) theRevenue Head of Expenditure for Covid-19 Response shall be reducedby £573,717 and such funding allocated to the Head of Expenditure forChildren, Young People, Education and Skills to allow for the extensionof the school meals pilot to all fully state-funded primary schools witha view to Island-wide provision being in place by the start of term inSeptember 2021 at the latest, or earlier if practicable;"
7. to approve the estimated income, being estimated gross income less expenditure, that each States trading operation will pay into its trading fund in 2021 in line with Article 9(2)(h) of the Law and set out in Appendix 2 – Summary Table 7 to the Report;
8. to approve the proposed amount to be appropriated from each States trading operation's trading fund for 2021 for each head of expenditure in line with Article 9(2)(i) of the Law and set out in Appendix 2 – Summary Table 8 to the Report; (i) to approve the estimated income and expenditure proposals for the Climate Emergency Fund for 2021as set out in Appendix 2 – Summary Table 9 to the Report;
9. to approve the estimated income and expenditure proposals for the Climate Emergency Fund for 2021as set out in Appendix 2 – Summary Table 9 to the Report;
10. to approve, in accordance with Article 9(1) of the Law, the Government Plan 2021-2024, as set out at Appendix 3 to the Report.

P.130/2020 Amd.(18)  Page - 3

REPORT

It's estimated that up to 1,000 children don't have access to a hot meal each day because of poor accommodation, lack of cooking facilities and financial difficulties. Packed lunches often use vast quantities of single use plastic, polluting our oceans and creating irreversible  damage  to  the environment.6,500  packed  lunches  each  day in Jersey contribute to over 3.2 million pieces of single use plastic being disposed of every year.

The extension of the pilot project both beyond July 2021 and to all states funded primary schools will have significant positive impacts on health, wellbeing and the financial position of many families. A CRIA will follow with detailed information on these impacts.

One issue faced by schools is the creation of a "serving space". This is an area where headteachers are fully co-operative and demonstrate a solution focused approach to enable this in every school. There is also funding from private sources to establish initial facilities that will enable the long-term provision.

This report is short as the appendices will include much of the information needed plus a detailed Children's Rights Impact Assessment that will follow as a comments paper.

Children's Rights Impact Assessment (CRIA)

A CRIA will follow as an Addendum, pending detailed data and information. Financial and manpower implications

The cost to extend this project in the first year is £573,717. An economy of scale must be factored into long term expansion of the project and this can be reviewed termly for most effective spend.

There are 1,595 children who would be eligible for a free school meal, if Pupil Premium is used as an indicator. The current cost to produce and serve one meal to a child is £4.01. Given that not all schools have the necessary serving areas, if Government invested in the infrastructure to fit out schools with a serving area, it is likely the total cost of a meal per child would decrease. Under the existing school meals pilot scheme 46% of eligible children are provided with a meal. It is therefore suggested that costings for this initiative are set at 46% of all eligible children, which is £573,717 per year.

Funding to allow for the extension of the school meals pilot to all fully state-funded primary schools is sought from the Economic Recovery Programme – £15.5M is set aside in 2021 with £12M in 2022 and 2023. This can provide initial funding for 3 years. The contract is currently held by a local company and any future tender process is likely to be a local company. The expansion of the programme will provide long term, sustainable employment with significant positive social impact. This will help with the transition to a post pandemic new normal.

Appendix 1: Caring Cooks Social Impact Report 2018-2019 Appendix 2: Caring Cooks – Making an impact report

Social Impact report September 2018- August 2019

Changing the future health

of our Island.

Who we are

Caring Cooks is a registered non profit organisation in Jersey supporting children and young people in Jersey under 18, to access nutritious food at school, at home and in the community.

We do this through collaborative programmes of support and education to deliver our grow, cook, eat ethos across the Island which has a positive impact on their eating habits and encourages a life long approach to good nutrition.

Registered number 193

NPO 064 AJC 436

What we do

An outdoor learning programme

connecting children with nature and the environment and teaching them how to grow food from seed

A progressive skills based cooking and nutrition programme for Key Stage 1 and 2 children in Jersey's primary schools

A service delivering a nutritious 2 course meal to vulnerable

families on a Saturday

for 6-12 weeks to enable them to eat well and eat together

A pioneering service delivering subsidised nutritious 2 course hot lunches to primary school children

Launched September 2019

1 in 3 11 year olds will leave school overweight or obese and data

suggests that 85% will remain that

way into adulthood.

0.14%

0.105%

As at 2016, we have a higher number of 0.07% diagnosed cases of type 2 diabetes in 11-18 year olds per capita than in the

0.035% UK.

0%

UK Jersey

Cancer is the most common cause of death in Jersey and obesity is the biggest preventable

cause of cancer.

In Jersey, it costs the taxpayer £42 million per year in obesity related socio economic costs which is due to rise to £57 million by 2025.

Our work can stop this happening!

It'sestimated that up to 1,000 children don't have access to a hot meal each day because of poor accommodation, lack of cooking facilities and financial difficulties

Tight employment, immigration and housing regulations means we rely on our young children

today to lead healthy lives and be the talent of the future - under the current projection this will not be

the case

Packed lunches often use vast quantities of single use plastic, polluting our oceans and creating irreversible damage to the environment. 6,500 packed lunches each day in Jersey contribute to over 3.2 million pieces of single use plastic being disposed of every year .

Objectives

Our programmes are designed to -  

• Support families through challenging times to ensure their nutritional needs are   met at least once a week
• Inspire children to understand where food comes from and how it is grown  
• Educate children and their families to cook simple meals from scratch and understand what foods are good to eat for their health
• Nourish children with a hot school lunch to meet their nutritional needs and to fuel their learning in the afternoon

Our programmes seek to -  

• Have a positive impact on a child's eating habits to encourage a life long approach to good nutrition  
• Have a positive impact on the family unit which may in turn lead to  healthy changes in behaviours surrounding food choices and

 consumption, now and for future generations

Evaluating success

In order for us to monitor success, both now and in the future, we work to an Outcome Based Accountability Framework. This ensures our work is meaningful and is delivering the outcomes it should be, as well as meeting and exceeding the needs of our Island and it's families.

Using online surveys, focus groups and 1 to 1 consultations with schools, parents and children we ensure we are meeting our strategic objectives.  

The difference we made

Over the past 5 years we have developed our Kitchen Garden Project in 5 States primary schools across Jersey, giving over 1,400 children the space, tools and skills to grow food from seed.

During school hours, play time and after school, children have planted the ingredients they need to prepare the dishes on the Let's Get Cooking Programme,

such as vegetable stir fry, feta and spinach tarts, and as shown here, smoked mackerel and Jersey Royal hash, which was loved by all the children who made it.

If children grow their food, nurture it, harvest it and cook with it, they are more likely

to eat it.  

Children taught

 972

69%

of parents said the programme had a positive impact on children's eating habits at home

ts

Dishes prepared

 30

87%

of parents said their child had tried something new as a result of the programme

Skills learnt

 Endless

56%

of parents had used the recipes at

home to cook with their children

The difference we made  

We also saw an increase in -  

Fruit and vegetable consumption; and

Confidence in using equipment

and cooking at home

of children agree that Caring The difference we made  81% Cooks helps them to lead

healthier lives.

100%

75%

Desired

outcome 50% across all

measures

>50% 25%

0%

I..... Have used the recipes at home Know what a recipe is

Understand what healthy foods are

Understand basic food hygiene rulesUnderstand basic kitchen safety rules

Have met the skills required for my year group

Agree that Caring Cooks helps me to live a healthier life

Have learnt maths and english in the Let's Get Cooking Programme

What parents had to say

I would love this program to continue in my son's school. I

Fabulous programme to have big problem with his offer young children in Fantastic program that both eating and you help so much . schools our children have been on before  Thank you  

and each time their enthusiasm,

 knowledge and desire to eat well

 and cook increases. Thank you.

Very good course

for the future generation

Charlie loves

He has loved caring cooks  this program. It encourages

and is keen to help

 new food tasting and embeds the prepare some of the

understanding of

Our son has developed keen home. He has also askedrecipes he has brought  eating healthy foods. Thanks started eating more varieties ofinterest in cooking and has for more healthy dinners for everything your team does.

vegetables. He now helps more as he has discovered new

and is confident when helping vegetables which he has

in the kitchen. enjoyed.

We asked parents if they would recommend our programme to other parents and carers.....

As a baseline we wanted to understand how happy the parents were with the programme, so introduced a Net Promoter Score at the end of each post programme survey.

IDEAL RANGE

31-50

Respondents are grouped as follows:

OUR SCORE IN 2018

48

OUR SCORE IN 2019

66

Promoters (score 9-10) are loyal enthusiasts who will keep buying and refer others, fueling growth. Passives (score 7-8) are satisfied but unenthusiastic customers who are vulnerable to competitive offerings. Detractors (score 0-6) are unhappy customers who can damage your brand and impede growth through negative word-of-mouth.

Subtracting the percentage of Detractors from the percentage of Promoters yields the Net Promoter Score, which can range from a low of -100 (if every customer is a Detractor) to a high of 100 (if every customer is a Promoter).

What children had to say

I am excited for Love cooking next year to learn 299% love it! more stuff

I'd never done

anything like this I liked it as we worked together as a team to

before, now I want to make stuff

do it more!

Collective feedback from the children was - 1) It was a really fun and engaging way to learn

cooking and I would like toIt makes me get into 2) They enjoyed them as it was about teach other people. I loved the doing, and often independently

the apple crumble.  rather than sitting down and learning

3) That they don't always get the opportunity to cook at home but now

I didn't used to like they have the confidence to help vegetables and now I cook with Mum or Dad at home

do

Independently audited by Julia Lydford. who is a Professional Adviser to Schools and has over 30 years experience of working in schools and as a Headteacher.

Headteacher reports

As the programme is delivered in curriculum time, the Headteachers and their staff have had to accommodate changes to their school day, so it is important to us that the programme is effective and meeting curriculum needs.

100% of Headteachers said that the Let's Get Cooking Programme has had a positive effect on children's -

1. reading
2. writing
3. number work
4. confidence
5. motivation
6. eating habits and attitudes towardsfood

All Headteachers agreed that the programme had been a success for their school.

The difference we made

Lisa Paul

Children are having a fantastic opportunity to Headteacher, Mont develop such a wide range of skills - beyond

Nicolle School DT,Science etc. The development of life skills in a structured, extremely well organised and

highly creative learning environment. Thank you so much for playing such an important role in our school.

Over the past 12 months our Weekly Meal Service changed the lives of many families facing distressing situations.

170 adults and children across 34 families to sit down together and

enjoy a nutritious meal together, without the worry of cooking or

shopping

Our team of 40 volunteers cooked nearly 700 2 course meals and delivered them to the families every Saturday afternoon

I just wanted to say how grateful I'm am for your help it really did make a huge difference to us as a family and allowed

me as a chronic pain and fatigue sufferer

to have an evening off cooking.

THANK YOU Caring Cooks you are

angels!

Single Mum of twins, who has

regular chemotherapy.

The long term difference for our Island

Less financiial dependency

on the Island's resources to treat ill health and obesity

An investment

today will provide

the returns we need

for a healthier Island in the future

Get involved

We believe that every primary school child in Jersey deserves the right to grow, cook and eat nutritious and tasty food, and grow up to be healthy adults leading valued lives, but currently we are only reaching 25% of children.

Between 2020 to 2025 we want to reach at least 75% of those children, which would mean growing the number of primary schools from 6 to 20, and the number of children we support from just under 1,500 to nearly 5,000 with our 'grow, cook, eat' ethos, giving more children the opportunity to have healthier diets, improved attitudes to their

food choices and ultimately longer and more valued lives.

in 2019, it cost Caring Cooks over £260,000 to deliver our programmes to 000's of families and children in Jersey, but with the introduction of Flourish and the delivery of our aspirational strategic objectives, this figure will increase considerably.

1) Continue to raise awareness

of the issues in Jersey

2) Celebrates success with our supporters, volunteers, staff

and donors

3) Strengthen our financial position in order to meet

the growing demand

4)

Maintain effective governance and resources with an organisations structure

 that will make Caring Cooks fit for

purpose in the future

Our CEO, Melissa Nobrega was a finalist in the 2019 Institute of Directors Awards in Jersey for the Third Sector Director of the Year.

Awards

We were also thrilled to have won the Sure Customer Service Award for Professional Services in late 2018.

With thanks

Caring Cooks is only able to deliver it's high impact programmes with the kindness and generosity of local businesses, individuals, charities and grant givers in Jersey. We would like to thank -

Mange Tout Barclays Community Fund Liberty Apartments Ocorian

But a big thank you Eva Rouse Settlement Stonehage Fleming

to everyone who St Luke's Church Robert Hall Foundation

supports Caring Ravenscroft Cannacord

Cooks throughout Jersey Trust Company Les Landes School

the year.. we wouldn't be here Victoria College Prep

without you.

Get in touch with us at info@caringcooksofjersey.com or by phone

 01534 710989 to discuss ways in which we can work

together for the health of our Islands children.

Caring Cooks

Changing the future of our Island.

Health

400

0.14%

300

0.105%

200 0.07%

0.035% 100

0% 0

Jersey UK 2011 2014 2017

As at 2016, we have a higher number of diagnosed cases of type 2 diabetes in 11-18 year olds per capita than in the UK*.

1 in 3 11 year olds will leave school  Juvenile dental extractions overweight or obese and data  increased by 390%.

suggests that 85% will remain that

way into adulthood.

Sources -

1) FOI request March 2018 2) CWM data 3) FOI request March 2018 *568 cases in the UK and up to 15 cases in Jersey.

Society

80%

60%

40%

20%

0%

Jersey UK

48% of adults find it difficult to afford fresh fruit and vegetables and 8% don't

have the right cooking facilities to be able to cook from scratch

In Jersey we have the highest number of working mothers in the Western World at 80%, compared to 64% in the UK, meaning less time to prepare meals from scratch.

8% of households in Jersey, go without a hot main cooked meal each day. This could affect over 1,000 children and young people in Jersey.

Sources -

2 and 3) 2017 Opinions and Lifestyle Survey SOJ

Education

Not achieved

18%

Achieved

82%

Clear evidence that poor diet particularly  Only 82% of children are achieving for disadvantaged children affects their  their expected reading targets in educational attainment. Key Stage 1, compared to 90% in

England where food education and school meals are common place.

Sources -

1) Department for Education, Free School Meals Pilot 2010 2) Every Child Our Future Jersey 3) Children's Commissioner Jersey

By Key Stage 4, the attainment gap has

increased to 40% and each

year 150 young people will not achieve 5 GCSE's.

Environmental

Packed lunches often use vast quantities of single use plastic, polluting our oceans and creating irreversible damage to the environment.

Food waste in Jersey is vast, particularly when transport delays occur. Where possible we use locally grown food and surplus food such as locally grown potatoes to

reduce waste and the environmental

impact.

The quality of soil in Jersey is poor, which results in poor nutritional value of food consumed by Islanders and impacts on health and wellbeing.

We will be improving the soil quality of food grown in our  

schools and educating the  children about it.

Workforce

In 2015, there were 4 employed tax payers supporting 1 pensioner. By 2030, this will

reduce to just 2 tax payers, many of whom may not be well enough

to work and contribute to the economy, resulting in tax rises.

Tight employment, immigration and housing regulations means we rely on our young children

today to lead healthy lives and be

the talent of the future - under the current projection this will not

be the case.

There are currently 561 vacancies on the gov.je website, 183 of which are

in hospitality.

We need to reverse the skills shortage here, and get our children passionate about food and cross industry roles.

Working with government on some of these issues

We believe that by working on a co-investment model across public, private and third sector, we will see the greatest benefits.

We align and work towards 6 of the 15 objectives of the Future Jersey strategy launched earlier this year.

How Caring Cooks are addressing the problems

Generational culture change Over the past 4 years we have -

Grow Cook

Eat

Supported over 100 families experiencing

challenges or crisis through our Weekly Meal Service

Inspired over 150 people to build the confidence and skills to prepare home-made nutritious meals through our Community Cooking Programme

Provided over 1,000 children with the opportunity to learn how to plant and grow food from seed through the Kitchen Garden Project

Enrolled 552 children on to the pioneering We know that by teaching children to grow, cook

and eat nutritious food in childhood and beyond, we Let's Get Cooking Programme, arming

can address the problems. them with essential life skills for the future

The impact

Financial

Better physical health

Better attainment at  school and better  outcomes for the  

Improved mental  future

health and body  

image Cancer is the most common Less environmental  cause of death in Jersey and

More positive attitudes  impact obesity is the biggest

towards food preventable form of cancer.

Social skills  Healthier workforce of  It costs the Jersey taxpayer £42 development the future and  million per year in obesity related

healthier Island  socio economic costs, which is population due to rise to £57 million by

Conversation  2025. opportunities they  

hello! may not otherwise get We can bring this down!

We know it works

Charlton Manor Primary School We work with evidence based and outcome focussed partners who are already delivering programmes successfully, like Charlton Manor

Primary School to develop our programmes for Jersey.

Join us on the journey

Because the future of our Island and it's children is

everyone's business.