Daily Mirror - 30.07.2019

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Scandal of 50,

kids going hungry

in summer holiday

Stepney, opened its doors yesterday for

one of 11 holiday clubs to run for 18 days.

After fresh melon and fruit juice came

outdoor games, then making pizza

bagels to take home. Head Lissa Samuel

said: “No one will be turned away.

Many parents have been asking

if we’re running the club.”

A Fit and Fed scheme, with

sports charity FareShare, will

offer 10,034 more meals to

kids joining in fitness activities.

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TOWER HAMLETS

It’s a tale of two cities

MORE than 330 children a day will get a

free breakfast and lunch in the Tower

Hamlets area of London, in the shadow

of the capital’s financial centre.

In the constituency of Poplar and

Limehouse, 23,706 kids live in

poverty – almost three in every

five, twice the UK average.

An £80,000 council scheme

will dish up more than 21,

meals, as well as activities such

as arts and crafts, games and

sport. Cayley Primary School, OPEN DOOR Head Lissa Samuel

BIRMINGHAM

Schools need to feed

children during break

TREAT Kids

enjoy fruit at

Tower Hamlets

summer school

Free meals a ‘lifeline’

A BOY of six topped up an empty water bottle with

leftover drops from other children’s drinks.

Another pupil turned up for a summer scheme in

school uniform because of a lack of clothes.

Azita Zohhadi, head at Nelson Mandela School,

Sparkbrook, said such schemes are “a lifeline” for many.

More than 100 of her pupils are attending Happy

Healthy Holidays at the school this summer. It will

provide food for around 18,000 children across the city.

Ms Zohhadi said: “Children are arriving at school

hungry and it’s not from having neglectful parents.”

SCHEME

Children

get a meal

at school

during hols

Huge rise in

poverty here

MORE than 80% of pupils at one

primary school in this town, north

east of Middlesbrough, receive free

school meals and teachers say the

funding is crucial to stop kids going

hungry in the school holidays.

Katie Lowe

headteacher at

Green Gates

Primary School,

has noticed a huge

increase in child

poverty. She said:

“I think many

families get by but

only with some

support.” A former pupil at the

school, Ms Lowe leads a

volunteer-run summer club which

starts on August 5 and has 96 eager

children on its books.

“You just notice that times are

hard for people,” she said.

“I wanted to help these families

during the summer.”

The closure of the steelworks four

years ago left 4,000 jobless.

SUMMER CLUB

Head Katie Lowe

Picture: ADAM GERRARD

SUMMER CLUB