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The race to stop children starving over summer - schools to stay open and £50 vouchers for families
24.07.2022 - 20:59 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
As schools break up for summer, thousands of families across Greater Manchester face an anxious battle to stay afloat. The looming holidays are a source of dread for households already holding back a tide of soaring bills and benefit cuts.
Demand for emergency food support has soared in recent months, according to school leaders, and struggling households now face further pressures as the summer break approaches.
It's left teachers fearful of the reality in store for pupils when they walk out of the school gates at the end of term. Steve Marsland, headteacher at Russell Scott Primary School in Denton, is among those concerned about whether some families will be able to cope this summer.
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In recent months, his school has directed an increasing number of parents towards food banks. More than 30pc of the school's 500 pupil cohort now rely on free school meals - a figure that has soared due to the cost of living crisis.
"It's changing all the time," said Mr Marsland. "Lots of people have lost their jobs after Covid. They haven't got that to fall back on and the cost of living is going up."
To ease the pressure on struggling families, Russell Scott Primary is running a summer sports camp for its pupils. And while free school meals - a lifeline for many hard-up families - come to an end when the school finishes next week, Tameside Council is providing a £50 supermarket voucher to eligible children to cover the holidays.
Yet Mr Marsland questions how far the vouchers will go in helping the most vulnerable amid soaring inflation. "You are getting less and less for a tenner," he said. "That will barely buy you a tub of Lurpak these
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