3 February 2025

Claranet Partners with Magic Breakfast to Tackle UK Child Hunger in 2025

Claranet is proud to announce our 2025 charity partnership with Magic Breakfast, an organisation dedicated to transforming young lives by tackling child hunger as a barrier to education.

At Claranet, we believe that creating meaningful change starts with our communities, and this year, our employees have spoken—voting to support a cause that resonates deeply with our shared values: ensuring every child has the chance to start their day with a healthy breakfast and a brighter future

With one in five children arriving at school too hungry to learn, the need for action has never been greater. This partnership will unite Claranet’s employees and resources with Magic Breakfast’s proven approach to ensure no child starts their school day on an empty stomach.

About Magic Breakfast

Magic Breakfast’s mission is, and has always been, to alleviate child hunger as a barrier to education to improve life chances and opportunities for children and young people in the UK.

Our core activity is twofold: providing nutritious breakfasts, in partnership with schools, to reach children and young people at risk of hunger and making the case for change to eliminate child morning hunger for good.

On both fronts, we have taken strides forward. We now support 277,000 children and young people each day, and school breakfast provision forms part of a government bill that featured in the King’s speech.

Why Magic?

The factors leading to morning hunger are varied and complex – yet children who are offered a school breakfast typically have better outcomes short-term and long-term. The results of something as simple as breakfast has had impacts on attendance, behaviour, concentration and hunger on 300,000 pupils last year alone.

In the UK currently:

4 million children live in households that experience food insecurity
81% of the schools currently working with Magic Breakfast have reported an increase in child hunger with their school communities
Nine pupils in a standard classroom of 30 are living in poverty in the UK

Making a difference

We believe that our corporate social responsibility initiatives are most impactful when driven by the collective will of our employees. By empowering our UK team to have a say in our charitable partnerships, we ensure that our efforts reflect the causes that matter most to our community.

We are looking forward to working closely with Magic Breakfast and supporting them in their goals / ambitions for 2025.

Throughout the year, we will be organising various events, fundraisers, and volunteering opportunities to support Magic Breakfast. We encourage all of our colleagues to get involved and contribute to these worthwhile causes, wherever they can.

About Claranet

Claranet secures, modernises, and runs critical applications, data, and infrastructure—so businesses can focus on what they do best. Our expertise spans Cloud, Networks & Connectivity, Cyber Security, Data & AI, and Workplace Collaboration, delivering managed services, professional services, and training that drive performance and resilience.

Founded in 1996 as a pioneering ISP, Claranet has grown into a leading global technology services provider, combining local expertise with international scale. Recognised in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant and ISG Provider Lens™ reports, we are the UK’s only technology provider ranked as a Leader in both cyber security and public cloud.

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