If you only read one thing today read this 👇🏾

đź—Ł #ENDCHILDFOODPOVERTY https://twitter.com/guardian/status/1315431139537022976
To quote,

900,000 new free school meal registrations and rising.

450,000 pupils face spending half-term under lockdown restrictions WITHOUT free school meals. Most of these children are in the North of England and Midlands.

I’m genuinely terrified for these children...
Of 1000 schoolchildren surveyed by @Food_Foundation in September, only 46% said canteens were operating as normal.

8% reported their canteens were closed.

21% said canteens were only serving a small number of pupils...
Blackpool council have seen a 21% increase in free school meal applications.

Suffolk recorded a 15% increase.

WHEN are we going to acknowledge that this is a pandemic which will prove to have more devastating effects on the next generation than CV19?!

I’m shocked.
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