After 20 years of championing breakfast clubs, Kellogg’s is offering schools across the country the chance to win £1,000.

To mark the 20th anniversary of Kellogg’s, the cereal company is giving away a £1,000 grant every school day of 2018.

The scheme marks the 20th anniversary of the Kellogg’s Breakfast Club programme which has provided £3m of investment to schools and 70 million bowls of cereal since 1998. Schools can apply for the grant here.Research has shown that breakfast clubs can help with everything from attendance and attainment to alleviating hunger and providing pre-school care.

The clubs across the country are a lifeline for many teachers as 68 per cent believe pupils would struggle to concentrate in class without their breakfast club, according to a report by Kellogg’s.

Kate Prince from the cereal company said: “We believe all children should have the opportunity to start the day with breakfast so we’re proud to have spent 20 years supporting so many schools across the UK.

“The £1,000 we’re offering in 2018 underpins our pride and continuing commitment to our breakfast club programme.”

Currently there are 3000 schools signed to the Kellogg’s network, offering them a huge range of resources and provisions to help them operate sustainable and effective breakfast clubs.

In the South Hams, various breakfast clubs are run throughout the primary and secondary schools. Towards the end of last year, Thurlestone All Saints Church of England Primary School had the official opening of the breakfast club.

The club was able to be created because of the great “partnership” between the school and Tally Ho! which stepped in when the local authorities could no longer continue to fund the bus which transported children from Kingsbridge to Thurlestone Primary.

Tally Ho! offered to run the service for the children and the income made from the service would go towards the breakfast club.