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Wednesday, 8 February 2012

Social enterprise scrambles to feed soaring numbers of hungry school children



A social enterprise that provides free breakfasts to primary schools told Channel 4 News today that it has seen a four-fold rise in its waiting list in the last four months, amid fears that child poverty is on the rise. SEL member, Magic Breakfast, has been providing free breakfasts for nine years to UK primary schools where over 50 per cent of pupils are on free school meals.