The No-Breakfast Club
In which the Itsmotherswork twitterfeed comes alive with teachers and other kindly individuals who are feeding the UK's poor and hungry children.
- On Question Time last night, Caroline Spelman was praising the virtues of "thrift" as a household measure that could help bring down the deficit. And that made me cross...
- But @avipatch hadn't personally seen any evidence that people are currently going hungry under this administration.
@itsmotherswork "people going hungry?" last I checked, we still have u/e benefit and social security...- I know that my services work with hungry children, but I also knew that I wouldn't be alone. So I put a call out across my Twitter timeline....
- ...and repeated it again this morning. And the replies came flooding in.
@itsmotherswork @avipatch You don't need to be a teacher to answer that. I see kids who I know had no breakfast in playground evey day.
@itsmotherswork @avipatch pretty obvious when children have had no breakfast-lethargic, poor concentration, pale etc 10/150? not scientific!
@itsmotherswork @avipatch Yes, I do. I buy cereal bars for them/give cartons of school milk. Also buy them hats/gloves to keep at school.- @itsmotherswork @avipatch I have pupils whose shoes are too small/falling apart, who have no proper warm clothing, am seeing real poverty.
@itsmotherswork not a teacher, married to one, a few without b/fast. happy birthday!
@avipatch @itsmotherswork I've only been teaching for two years but it got worse in last year, more worn out uniforms, lack of eqpt too
@itsmotherswork @avipatch @liveotherwise not a teacher but I know this happens at the children's school quite regularly.
@itsmotherswork - several, and always have cereals and breakfast bars in cupboard. Also witnessed food "hoarding" at Xmas parties etc. :o(- @janeycopson @itsmotherswork Yes, me too - seen children also quite stressed around food, or asking if they can take it home.
@itsmotherswork We donate food to put together food parcels/toiletries too. (16 -18year olds)
To follow on from @itsmotherswork's tweet, our staff are all takng food in next week so every child gets pre-SATS breakfast.
@itsmotherswork's tweet, our staff are all takng food in next week so every child gets pre-SATS breakfast.” This also happens in my school !
@QueenofBirkdale @itsmotherswork We have a 'brainy breakfast' every morning before SATs next week to ensure kids eat something.- Plenty of schools, it seems, need to feed their children up before exams and tests.
@itsmotherswork several we do free breakfast in support dept for those we have identified
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erin astonthanks for the mentions....this is the "big Society" that cameron spoke about, pple who are sturggling themselves, doing wot they can to help others.....2012-05-11T20:01:17.992Z
- erin astonthanks for the mentions....this is the "big Society" that cameron spoke about, pple who are sturggling themselves, doing wot they can to help others.....2012-05-11T20:01:17.992Z
