A new fund will provide quality meals and activities during the school summer holidays, aimed at helping pupils from some of Wales’s most deprived communities.
The Welsh Government has announced that it is providing £500,000 of funding for holiday lunch and activity clubs. The money will help provide breakfast, lunch, education about eating healthily, and a programme of activities developed through the schools taking part.
The scheme tackles the problem of 'holiday hunger', which has been highlighted by Sustain's Food Poverty project. Kirsty Williams, the Welsh Education Secretary, said, 'The reality is that for some of our young people, the school summer holidays can be a difficult time. Children who benefit from free school breakfasts and lunches often miss meals and go hungry once their school closes for the holidays.'
Read more about the initiative here, and find out more about Sustain's campaign work on food poverty here.
Published Friday 6 January 2017
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