‘Every day we see really hungry kids. They shouldn’t be living like this’ | Tom Wall

In England’s poorest areas, summer holiday hunger schemes are being starved of cash, leaving many children short of food

Thirteen children gather eagerly around a pile of brown paper bags crammed with sandwiches, yoghurts and fruit in a youth centre on the deprived north-west fringes of Bristol. This holiday club on the sprawling Lawrence Weston estate is being supplied with free lunches as part of a charity-funded push to help low-income families cope with the extra costs of feeding children over the six-week school break.

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