08/02/12

Last week Channel 4 News paid a visit to Keyworth Primary in South London- one of our partner schools, to observe the difference their breakfast club makes to the children arriving at school hungry. The 70 children attending Keyworth's breakfast club are amongst the 6000 we already provide for across 200 schools. Channel 4's article reports on the further 80 schools waiting for our help and what this means for the state of child poverty in the UK. Our founder Carmel McConnell said of the waiting list: "All of those application forms from schools - they're stories of real deprivation, where kids are going home to empty cupboards."

Read the full article and watch the video here.