Advocacy Resources

Do you see the need for improvement in your child's school nutrition? The Parents' Jury has compiled this page of useful resources, downloads and links to help parents become advocates for healthy school food, based on the Back to School with Healthy Food advocacy campaign.

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School Canteen Guidelines and Resources

2011 National Healthy Schools Canteen Project  Latest national guidelines

School Canteen Associations:

• FOCiS (the Federation of Canteens in Schools)
• ACT School Canteen Association
• NSW School Canteen Association
• The Qld Association of School Tuckshops
• Tasmanian School Canteen Association
• Victorian School Canteen Association
• WA School Canteen Association 

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Fruit Break Program Information

Free Fruit Friday (VIC) 
Crunch & Sip (NSW, WA) 
Tooty Fruity Veggie (NSW)

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Parents and Citizens Associations

AUS

• Australian Parents Council (APC) (non-government schools)
• The Australian Council of State School Organisations (ACSSO) (government and some non-government schools)
• The Isolated Children's Parents' Association

ACT

• The Association of Parents and Friends of ACT Schools Inc (APFACTS) (non-government schools)

NSW

• New South Wales Parents Council Inc (non-government schools) 
• The Council of Catholic School Parents (CCSP) (Catholic schools) 
• The Federation of Parents and Citizens' Associations of New South Wales (government schools)

QLD

• Queensland Council of Parents and Citizens Associations (QCPCA) (government schools) 
• Queensland Independent School Parents Council (non-government schools) 
• The Federation of Parents and Friends Associations of Catholic Schools in Qld(Catholic schools)

SA

• Federation of Catholic School Parent Communities (Catholic schools)

TAS

• Tasmanian State School Parents & Friends (Inc) (government schools)

VIC

• Parents Victoria (government schools)
• The Victorian Parents Council (non-government schools)

WA

• The Parents and Friends' Federation of Western Australia (Catholic schools)

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Advocacy Tips

As part of the Back to School with Healthy Food campaign kit, we provided parents with a list of Top Ten Advocacy Tips. Remember to let us know about your advocacy activites by emailing The Parents' Jury at  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .