Ian McGrady updated Forum on Edsential’s second year of trading as a Community Interest Company.  The company have had a solid year and continued to reduce costs whilst concentrating on quality.  A small loss was made but they are now back on track.  Edsential are planning to offer new services, including supporting mental health in schools, early years consultants, Family Cooking Schools, bid writing and Duke of Edinburgh awards.  Edsential will be consulting with schools shortly on a mechanism for distributing their grant fund of £50k. 

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