A BREAKFAST club at a local school has received funding from one of the world's largest cereal companies.

Westfield Primary & Nursery School in Workington has been awarded £1,000 by Kellogg's to support its breakfast club.

Angela Quirk, executive head of the Distington and Westfield Community Schools, welcomed the support.

She said: "We are so grateful to receive this generous donation.

"We have since been able to purchase new cooking equipment as well as Just Dance for the Nintendo Switch, giant board games, jigsaws and much more.

"We want our children to be able to start the day right with a healthy breakfast and some fun exercise before school.

"These resources will help us to provide our breakfast club services for our children and their families thanks to the support from Kellogg’s."

Breakfast clubs provide schoolchildren with a meal before classes start in the morning.

Kellogg's says that breakfast clubs help with everything from attendance and attainment to alleviating hunger and providing pre‐school care.

According to the company's research, 68 per cent of teachers believe pupils would struggle to concentrate in class without their breakfast club.

Their statistics also show that 2.4 pupils in every class in England and Wales will arrive at school hungry at least once a week.

If a child arrives at school hungry, teachers say they lose one hour of learning time a day.

Kellogg's awarded the money to Westfield Nursery & Primary School to celebrate 20 years of supporting more breakfast clubs.

The company announced they are to double their investment in breakfast clubs in 2019.

Kellogg's said that the reason behind this is that more and more schools are struggling to find the budget to fund this service for their pupils.

Kate Prince, Corporate Social Responsibility manager at Kellogg’s, said “We’re proud to have spent 20 years supporting so many schools across the UK.

"We believe all children should have the opportunity to start the day with breakfast, and we know that equipment and resources are just as important to clubs as the food itself.”

The company has supported 3,000 school breakfast clubs with funds, food and training over the last 20 years.

This equals 70 million bowls of cereal to children all over the UK since 1998.