A charity worker has launched a petition calling on chain restaurants to give schoolchildren free meals during the holidays.
Dan Clifton, who works with a team of volunteers in Shirehampton and provides free meals to youngsters during the breaks, says the government could support such an initiative, like they did during the Eat Out to Help Out, during the pandemic.
While many chain restaurants offer ‘kids eat free' deals or ‘kids eat for £1’ during the school holidays, Dan believes that such discounts miss the children who really need them. “Often they need a paying adult to get the free meal so they end up spending £20 for the meal and for some families, that’s their weekly food budget," he said.
