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Creative Writing Competition 2025

To celebrate National Writing Day, an annual celebration of the power of writing creatively, we are offering all pupils that attend one of our member primary schools the chance to win a £15 book token that can be used during this year’s summer holidays.

Today we’re launching or #Summer challenge to WIN a book voucher. We want to inspire children of all ages and abilities to get writing. To enter, we want to know why your child loves our school lunches and what their favourite foods/dishes are on our menus and why? There will be two prizes, for two categories. One for KS1 and and one for KS2.

The competition is open to all primary aged children attending one of our member schools.

To enter, parents and carers can:

1. Send a photo of your child's creative writing piece ( via our e-mail address)

2. E-mail directly to our e-mail address

3. Send a postal entry to the address in our T's 7 C's

Closing Date is the last day of term 22 July at 5pm.

Please state if your child is in KS1 or KS2. The winners will be chosen and notified week commencing 28 July 2025.

E-mail address - marketing@citycateringsouthampton.co.uk

We’ve joined the Good Grub Club family!

We’ve joined the Good Grub Club family!

This summer, City Catering has joined the Good Grub Club family! The perfect blend of both our Lunch Crowd and Cooking at Home initiatives, Milbrook’s Good Grub Club has previously been ran by housing association, Abri who have switched to funding the programme. In partnership with the wonderful team at Colne Avenue Baptist Church we kicked off running the club with a fab session last week.

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How to celebrate the Jubilee with City Catering and Artswork
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How to celebrate the Jubilee with City Catering and Artswork

Celebrate the Platinum Jubilee with charities Artswork and City Catering Southampton, with an exclusive puppetry workshop from Touched Theatre, and free celebratory recipes to enjoy the Jubilee fun at home. Funded by Arts Council England’s Let Create Fund from Hampshire and Isle of Wight Community Foundation.

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Partnering with Artswork to celebrate Her Majesty The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee
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Partnering with Artswork to celebrate Her Majesty The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee

Exciting news! We have partnered with Artswork, another Southampton charity, and together we have been awarded funding from the Arts Council’s Let’s Create Jubilee Fund – administered by Hampshire and Isle of Wight Community Foundation (HIWCF) – to help ensure that creativity plays an important role in local community celebrations for Her Majesty The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.

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Celebrating Southampton’s City of Culture bid through school meals!

Celebrating Southampton’s City of Culture bid through school meals!

On Tuesday 15th March, participating City Catering Member Schools will have a special and exclusive UK City of Culture 2025 Bid Celebration Menu created and developed in partnership with Southampton’s local BBC MasterChef winner and Southampton 2025 bid Chair of Trustees, Shelina Permalloo.

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