Australia is turning green and gold on Friday, 2 August 2024, in support of the Australian sporting teams. Green & Gold Day is for everyone. The athletes, the fans, the businesses, the schools, the young, the old and everything in between. It doesn’t matter who you are, your sporting ability or your background; sport has the power to unite us all. Hosting a green and gold event at your school, dressing up in green and gold, and decorating your tuckshop
Serve wraps on your menu? Switch up your choice of wrap supplier for the day to a green option and fill them with lots of yummy gold and green ingredients, like capsicum, cheese, avocado, carrot and corn, as well as spinach, lettuce and cucumber.
Give this Tumeric Chicken Bowl an Olympic spin by seasoning your chicken with turmeric to turn it golden, then pack it full of green and gold goodness with ingredients like golden tomatoes, spinach, cucumber, avocado, edamame, and brown rice.
Quick and easy to prepare, this delicious and filling warm lunch is perfect for the cooler months.
Food Allergy Week is an awareness week by Allergy & Anaphylaxis Australia (A&AA) and the National Allergy Council to promote understanding of food allergy to help protect those at risk by educating and supporting both people with food allergy and anyone that serves them food. A survey found 98% of people living with allergies felt anxious and stressed when it came to eating out, and their parents or caregivers, believe it would be easier to tell people about their food allergy if there was ‘more
New funding for tuckshop upgrades and investment in the School and Community Food Relief Program announced by Premier Steven Miles today, comes at a critical time for tuckshops and food security for Queensland families. Funded under the Eat right, Play right, Learn well initiative, 100 school tuckshops will benefit from this funding to upgrade their facilities, making it easier to prepare healthy foods for hungry children. In addition, $10.65 million will be distributed direct to schools to support food programs, prioritising schools in
Is cooking in your tuckshop every day taking up too much time and resources? Cooking in bulk could be the answer for your tuckshop business. By cooking in bulk in your tuckshop you can offer meals that are: Delicious and full of healthy, nutritious ingredients Popular with students and budget friendly Easy to cook, cost-effective and time-saving. Cooking in bulk is also helpful: When you have limited facilities and equipment You have no extra staff and/or volunteers When you want
More than 35 migrant and refugee women ready to volunteer in school tuckshops will no longer receive support after an innovative local cooking project failed to secure further government funding. The Creating Connections through Cooking Program has been placing volunteers from migrant and refugee backgrounds in school tuckshops across Brisbane, Logan and Ipswich since 2019, helping them gain confidence and settle into Australia’s working culture. However, the program has failed to receive the ongoing funding required to keep it operating,
New data from Volunteering Queensland shows that volunteering numbers across the state continue to plummet… and school tuckshops are not immune. The State of Volunteering in Queensland 2024 Report released yesterday, showed an 11.4 per cent decline in volunteer participation, with lack of time and associated costs the top two barriers for volunteering more. Volunteer retention was the number one challenge for volunteer managers, and according to the Queensland Association of School Tuckshops CEO, Deanne Wooden, this finding is reflected
Finding volunteers continues to be one of THE biggest barriers tuckshops face. The volunteer landscape has changed immensely over the past decade and it seems to get harder with each passing year. If you’re hoping to try something new or take a different approach to your recruitment efforts, we’ve put together some simple tips to help get you started. 1. Categorise Opportunities Let people know what you need. Are you seeking donations of goods or help for a theme day
