Tell Your MP: Listen To Young People

Bite Back activist Anna is talking to an MP at a Bite Back Parliamentary Reception event in March 2024

The General Election has changed the face of British politics. The new Government wants to “create the healthiest generation of children ever.” And there are hundreds of new MPs who can help make that happen.

The first thing MPs should do is simple: listen to the voices of young people!

Do you want to stop big food companies from manipulating and misleading us? Can you imagine a future where healthy food is the easy option for all young people?

Then, write to your MP today and ask them to meet with a Bite Back activist! The more meetings we get, the more we can push child health up the agenda.

We’ve drafted a letter below. All you need to do is add your details and press send.

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Dear {mp_full_name}, I am a constituent of yours and am worried about the health risks children growing up in our local area face, in relation to our broken food system. Have you heard of Bite Back? They are a youth movement fighting for a fairer food system where healthy food is available, accessible and affordable for every child. Co-founded by Jamie Oliver in 2019, they have built a movement of 55 youth board members and over 12,000 students in 200 schools and communities across the country, fighting for change. Bite Back have been campaigning on issues like improving the quality of school food and ending junk food advertising to children. With nearly one in three children at risk of food-related ill health in the future, there is still a lot of work to be done to protect child health. With a new Government in place, now is the time to act to transform the lives of children for the better.Earlier this year, young people at Bite Back shared their experiences with The House of Lords about how the broken food system impacts their health. A few months later, a number of recommendations that Bite Back put forward were adopted by the Committee in their report, Recipe for health: a plan to fix our broken food system. Will you show the young people your support too? This is a very important issue to me, so I would be very grateful if you could meet with them to discuss some of their campaigns and hear from young people affected by the food system. You can reach their Senior Public Affairs Manager, Ayesha Ahmed, on <a href="mailto:ayesha.ahmed@biteback2030.com">ayesha.ahmed@biteback2030.com</a> to arrange a date and time to meet. Please let me know how you get on. Thanks,

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