A HOUSING association has once again joined forces with bakery chain Greggs to set up a new breakfast club at a North Yorkshire school.

Broadacres has provided funding for two years to enable the club to be set up by The Sunbeck Centre, an alternative provision in Northallerton.

And despite only being set up a few months ago, it is already proving successful, with the school saying it has had a positive impact on the children.

Sunbeck works with local schools to support children who have found mainstream school challenging.

Headteacher Alison Keane said: “Our children come to us from a wide geographical area so that means in a lot of cases they need to leave home early to access school transport.

“In a rush, that means they sometimes don’t have time to get breakfast, so we wanted to provide that for them at Sunbeck.

“We started providing breakfast in November and it has had a very positive impact on the children both in terms of their concentration levels but also socially as it enables them to sit down a group each day and enjoy having breakfast together."