When a gastro pub gives away free meals to children when their parents dine, that doesn’t end child food poverty. When the gastro pub requires you to own a car to get there, that doesn’t end child food poverty.

When a ‘healthy, street food restaurant’ in an upmarket part of town gives away free meals to kids, that doesn’t end child food poverty. When MP’s get subsidised meals, yet fail to feed our children, that doesn’t end child food poverty.

When ‘Eat out to help out’ gave middle class families a discount to dine out, that doesn’t end child food poverty. When kind hearted community members are cooking & delivering food, lovely, but only a sticking plaster.

When the chaos of providing meals to the most vulnerable children puts their safety at risk, that doesn’t end child food poverty. Ensuring families have enough money, that ends child food poverty.

That means a fair welfare system that allows every family to afford, have access to & the ability to choose the food they want. That’s dignity, a hand-out isn’t. And that’s a governments responsibility, simple.