News • Children's Food Campaign
Drinking fountains back on the menu
Dragon’s Den entrepreneur Guy Jeremiah has teamed up with the The Drinking Fountain Association to give British drinking fountains a new lease of life and reduce the use of bottled water.
The new initiative called Find a Fountain is featured in an article in Country Living, and is encouraging people to send in photos of drinking fountains to be mapped on an app to help encourage use.
Ben Reynolds, Sustain's Deputy Coordinator, responded, "We fully support this new initiative. At Sustain we want to see water fountains in every public place, to give children access to a free healthy drink. We believe it is time for a new injection of ideas and creativity around water fountains, to match the Victorian zeal which has left a 100 year+ legacy for public health, and reduce the environmental impact of the bottled water industry. This provides a great opportunity for David Cameron, in his forthcoming childhood obesity strategy, to leave his mark in a visible way in every community, and to encourage the switch from sugary drinks to water.”
Read about Sustain's work on the problems of bottled water.
Published Wednesday 30 September 2015
Children's Food Campaign: Better food and food teaching for children in schools, and protection of children from junk food marketing are the aims of Sustain's high-profile Children's Food Campaign. We also want clear food labelling that can be understood by everyone, including children.
