Feeding Development Matters

Helping children get the fuel they need to grow, learn and participate.

Delivering the Eating as Learning (EaL) Framework & Curriculum, an inclusive approach to teaching feeding skills through practical food education. 

Education & Training

Equity & Access

A platform providing guidance, resources & signposting to ‘Experts at Hand’ - certified Eating as Learning Healthcare Practitioners

Research

Building the UK evidence base, focussing on lived experience and real-world practice to inform better policy and investment.

Advocacy & Awareness

Shifting public understanding and policy to recognise feeding development as essential for food access, ensuring SEND children are not overlooked.

“Their help has been amazing and mealtimes have become structured - I followed the guidance I was given and a lot of stress was removed. They have literally changed the course of our family life.”

Hannah, Mother of Lucas, Aged 3

Read our Case Studies
Read our Case Studies
View fullsize 🎄DAY 7🎄: The Sensory Disruption Day Today’s challenge: Eat your meal blindfolded or with loud, unpredictable background noise. Many children with feeding challenges struggle with too little or too much sensory information at mealtimes. To
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View fullsize 🎄DAY 6🎄The Slow Pacing Day Today’s challenge: Use a timer so you can take one bite every 2 minutes. Many children with developmental feeding differences eat slowly because eating takes enormous effort - it’s a real test of endurance
View fullsize 🎄 DAY 5: The Same Foods Day 🎄 Today’s challenge: Eat only two ‘same foods’ for the whole day — the same meals, over and over. For many children with feeding challenges, this isn’t fussiness. It’s about calories
View fullsize 🎄 DAY 4: The Munch Chew Day 🎄 Today’s challenge: Eat using only an up-down munching movement — mouth open, no rotary chewing allowed! This mimics the early chewing pattern many children with oral-motor delays rely on. It’s slow,
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View fullsize 🎄 DAY 3: The Restricted Texture Day 🎄 Today’s challenge: Choose just one texture — smooth, crunchy or dry and stick to it all day. For many of the children we support, only certain textures feel safe or manageable. Oral-motor challenge
View fullsize 🎄 DAY 2: The Tiny Tastes Day 🎄 Today’s challenge: Pea-sized bites only — one tiny bite at a time. It’s surprising how little food you eat this way, and how slow progress feels. For many children with developmental feeding differe
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View fullsize 🎄DAY 1: The Assisted Feeding Day Today’s challenge: Hand over complete control of your meal — every bite fed by someone else. For many children with developmental feeding differences, this isn’t a challenge at all, it’s eve
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