NSFS Update
	•The Scheme was piloted during 2000 and 2001 in 550 schools across
	England - funded by the Department of Health.
	•The New Opportunities Fund has invested £42 million for the next two
	years for expansion of the Scheme across England
	•Expansion is taking place on a region by region basis
	•In 2002, the first whole regions to benefit from the scheme:
	- First region was West Midlands – 300,000 children receiving free fruit
	in 2300 schools
	- Second region was London – 600,000 children receiving free fruit in
	4000 schools
	- In 2003, North West Region (Spring) and East Midlands (Summer) will
	receive free fruit
	- By Summer 2003 around 1 million children will be receiving free fruit