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Story added: 13th March 2026
Norwich City Community Sports Foundation, in partnership with Norse Group, is launching this year’s Active Canaries programme - an initiative dedicated to helping young people understand the importance of healthy lifestyles and the impact good choices can have on their physical development and overall wellbeing.
Active Canaries combines education with fun, engaging physical activity and will be delivered across Norfolk through three core strands: school-based programmes, menu takeover days, and a live virtual assembly.
Schools across Norfolk and Suffolk are invited to join a free virtual assembly on Thursday 19 March, featuring exclusive inspirational messages from Norwich City’s men’s and women’s first-team players. They will share how their choices around activity, nutrition and rest support their performance on the pitch. Over 10,000 pupils are already signed up across Norfolk and Suffolk.
Schools can sign up now to take part.
Alongside the virtual assembly, we are providing additional resources for schools, including fun nutritional facts and the 50/50 Class Challenge, where pupils work together to try 50 different foods and complete 50 physical activities.
Norwich City’s Executive Head Chef Dan Savage and Lead Performance Nutritionist Jack Richardson have worked in collaboration with Norse Group’s menu development team to develop player-inspired school meals, helping children build a positive connection between the food they eat and how it supports their energy, wellbeing, and performance.
This year’s themed menu will feature dishes such as:
Families can also download the recipes on the Community Sport Foundation’s website to recreate the meals at home.
Throughout the year, the Foundation delivers six-week funded Active Canary programmes to selected schools, focusing on:
These sessions aim to equip pupils with practical knowledge and habits they can carry into everyday life and are tailored to the school’s needs.
Sign up now"The Active Canaries programme continues to go from strength to strength with the support and guidance from Norse. The ability to combine high performance knowledge from the nutrition team at Norwich City with those working on a mass scale in schools everyday allows us to show that eating healthy is an option for everyone."
Stevie Bramble
Director of Education & Programmes at the Community Sports Foundation
"We are proud to support Active Canaries and the incredible work they do in schools. Educating children about nutrition, healthy eating, and staying active from an early age is vital, and through our strategic partnerships, we help make a real, positive impact on their health and wellbeing."
Justin Galliford
Chief Executive Officer, Norse Group
