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This summer we will focus on Hammersmith & Fulham and Westminster, providing free holiday activity for 10-18 year olds, which includes a nutritious daily meal. We aim to grow local community organisations to host more holiday programmes in the future. Together we can end the holiday hunger crisis!
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Situation
We are responding to the Holiday Gap. The gap is the cumulative impact on children of school holidays spent: without enough good food, (no free school meals) without enough physical activity, (too few free activity programmes)‚ with too little positive social interaction (kids stay at home ‚ often minding siblings). Research shows that by the start of the school year the gap has widened the differential in readiness to learn between many poor children and their more affluent peers
Solution
Our project will bring together 8 community organisations to each provide for about 50 children a day: i. 4 hours a day of Health Enhancing Physical Activity: reducing inactivity. ii. At least one nutritious meal a day: reducing hunger. iii. Training for local volunteers in food hygiene and modelling positive behaviours. We will support the programme providers to develop a sustainability plan.
