The Victorian Government is making sure students living in Dandenong have the support they need to thrive at school, by investing in providing healthy breakfasts, lunches and school holiday supplies to children who need them.

Member for Dandenong, Gabrielle Williams, today announced that the following five Dandenong schools have been invited to participate in the School Breakfast Clubs Expansion Program from Term 1 or 2 in 2020;

• Dandenong North Primary School
• Lyndale Greens Primary School
• Chalcot Lodge Primary School
• Dandenong High School, and
• Lyndale Secondary College

Under the expansion, 125 schools will be added to the School Breakfast Clubs Expansion Program each term next year, ensuring more students from families that are experiencing disadvantage have the support they need to succeed at school.

The program will also provide lunches and school holiday supplies to students who need it on top of breakfast.

The Victorian Government recently announced an additional 500 schools will join the School Breakfast Clubs Expansion Program, thanks to a $58 million boost through the 2019-20 State Budget.

A total of 1000 government primary, secondary, P-12 and special schools are set to benefit by the end of 2020.

It’s part of the Victorian Government’s commitment to ensuring children from disadvantaged families can fully participate in their learning at school, and build happy and healthy lives.

Where possible, School Breakfast Clubs Expansion Program products are sourced locally from Victorian producers and manufacturers, and this commitment to using locally sourced products will continue as the program expands.

The breakfast and lunch menu offerings include a range of healthy options such as muesli, Vita Brits, milk, baked beans, fruit cups, fresh apples, Vegemite and honey, and lunch bowls.

More than 8.8 million breakfasts have been delivered to Victorian students since the program started in 2016.