Carmel McConnell

Who is Carmel McConnell?

Carmel McConnell FRSA is a British author and campaigner, with a focus on child poverty, education and wellbeing.

Previously a Greenham Common activist and a corporate consultant, Carmel McConnell was inspired to found the Magic Breakfast by the impact of hunger and poverty on children’s school attainment in the east end of London.

In 2001, she founded the social enterprise Magic Outcomes that engages businesses in supporting primary schools in deprived areas, and the children’s food povery charity Magic Breakfast. It provides free healthy breakfasts for UK primary schools where more than 35% of the pupils qualify for free school meals. The goal is to ensure that no child is too hungry to learn.

McConnell is a director of the UK School Food Trust, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. She has published five business management books.

In April 2014, she was named as one of Britain's most influential women in the BBC Woman's Hour power list 2014.