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It’s often said that the best things in life come free. To some extent I agree with the statement but in reality we do need money in order to survive. Food in particular, is needed for survival.
Research has shown that providing free school meals to infant pupils in the UK education system has had astounding effects on their concentration levels as well as leading to a boost in their learning. However, for many of these children, their free school lunch is the only hot meal they receive each day. Children require a substantial amount of food in order to provide them with the energy they need to grow and develop, although having a free hot meal at school during term time helps them, this service is unable during the school holidays.
The numbers attending food banks increased by 21% over the current Easter holidays in London alone. An outstanding number. This shows how many rely on the free meals service. It is evident that more needs to be done in order to provide a free meal holiday scheme for children whose families simply can’t afford to feed them.
Furthermore, I feel the Government needs to focus more on providing fruit, vegetables and healthy foods at a discounted rate for those on a low income. Fast food is cheap, meaning it’s accessible to those with little money. However, this has led to a growing obesity problem across the world, particularly in Western countries such as America and the UK. Due to the pressures the media places on children, body dissatisfaction, eating disorders and poor mental health is also on the rise. If more free activity sessions were available to children as well as discounted healthy foods then these problems would gradually be eradicated.
I’ll leave you on a shocking statistic:
The number of people relying on food parcels has not been higher since the Second World War.
If this doesn’t make the Government think then I don’t know what will. Be thankful for what you have.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-35937343
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