A new report from the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Hunger has called on government to fund holiday food provision during the school holidays. The report recommends that funding is allocated from the Healthy Pupils Capital Programme, which will be funded by the revenues from the sugary drinks levy. The report also identifies a key role which local authorities can play in facilitating food provision during the school holidays.
Simon Shaw, Food Poverty Campaign Coordinator at the food and farming alliance Sustain said:
"As we said in our submission to the inquiry, the school holidays can be times of great difficulty for families with children experiencing hunger, social isolation and learning loss. The proposed allocation of funding from the sugary drinks levy would be a positive first step to funding a nationwide programme of holiday food provision. We agree that local authorities can play a vital role in coordinating provision; central government must provide adequate funding to allow local authorities to deliver on this."
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