Supermarket Voucher Schemes Exposed

November 18, 2008 by Joe Fogarty · Leave a Comment 

Writing in The Unsuitablog, Keith Furnish has published a series of articles analysing the way that school supermarket voucher schemes work in English schools.
There are three articles in the series, which can be read by following the links below:
Part 1: How They Work ( http://thesietch.org/mysietch/keith/2008/10/13/school-supermarket-voucher-special-introduction/)
Part 2: Greenwashing Children ( http://thesietch.org/mysietch/keith/2008/10/15/school-supermarket-voucher-special-greenwashing-children/)
Part 3: Winners, Losers and Fighting Back ( http://thesietch.org/mysietch/keith/2008/10/17/school-supermarket-vouchers-special-winners-losers-and-fighting-back/)

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Gym’s ‘figure analysis’ angers parents and school principals

September 16, 2008 by Joe Fogarty · Leave a Comment 

RTE news on 15th September reports that a Dublin gym has been criticised for inviting primary schoolgirls as young as 12 to become members.

Once again, the risks of unregulated commercial marketing within schools are exposed as a children are targetted and asked to attend “figure analysis” sessions.

To view the report by Sandra Hurley please click here.



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Food Company joins in the commercial Rat Race

April 10, 2008 by niallsmyth · Leave a Comment 

The multinational company Unilever, who in the past brought such dubious school schemes as Domestos “Germcatcher”, have now imported a scheme they run in the UK to Ireland.

Computers, Sports, cooking…What next?

The Flora Cooking with Schools Scheme, which claims to “help put healthy eating at the

heart of the

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