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LANGWORTHY CORNERSTONE PROVIDES FREE LUNCHES FOR SALFORD KIDS
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Star date: 29th July 2019 CORNERSTONE COMBATS HOLIDAY HUNGER Salford charity, the Langworthy Cornerstone, is helping to combat holiday hunger by providing free lunches for local children during the school holidays. "The issue of holiday hunger is really prevalent in the local area" says Cornerstone Manager, John Phillips "If we can go some way to tackling that by offering free meals for kids in the school holidays we can take some of the pressure off local families." Full details here...
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The Langworthy Cornerstone, on the corner of Liverpool Street and Langworthy Road, is providing free lunches for children from today until Friday 30th August between noon and 1:30pm. All children must be accompanied by an adult, who will also be able to enjoy a free bowl of 'soup of the day' and a roll. According the charity Fareshare, "One in four UK children now live in poverty, of which three million are at risk of going hungry over the school holidays. With the safety net of free school meals no longer in place, the holidays often intensify poverty among low income families." The project has been expanded following a Healthy Holidays Project funding award by NHS Salford CCG with support from Salford CVS, and Clare Hardy, Cafe Manager at the Cornerstone says: "Over the Easter holidays we served 81 children and 54 parents/carers over a three week period, so we are delighted to be helping local families". John Phillips, Chief Officer of Langworthy Cornerstone adds: "Our Chimney Pot cafe is part of the Fareshare network and this helps us to provide healthy, home- cooked food for the local community at really reasonable prices. However, the issue of holiday hunger is really prevalent in the local area. If we can go some way to tackling that by offering free meals for kids in the school holidays we can take some of the pressure off local families..." It is hoped that the project will also encourage access to all of the other services and health and wellbeing activities available at the Cornerstone. For more information about Langworthy Cornerstone see www.langworthycornerstone.co.uk
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Arnold Rimmer wrote
at 14:40:15 on 01 August 2019 |
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| @Kev. With regards to shop vouchers, you're right. There will be people spending everything they get on cigs, booze, 70 inch tvs and sky packages and they shouldn't get a penny until they sort themselves out.
Unfortunately, the cost of actually checking who actually needs it and who doesn't would be more than the voucher's value and therefore would be a waste of time.
Also, in those cases, it's the bad parents that's the issue so it's hard to punish the kids for their parent's bad lifestyle choices.
You'd think these days benefits could be given out in a restricted method so trying to spend it on non-necessities would be blocked. |
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Rayofsunshine wrote
at 18:24:18 on 31 July 2019 |
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| Bob the regular,the "authentic voice" of clapped out Tory Britain - the only "growth industry" being
food banks! I hope you're proud of yourself,Bob? |
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Kev wrote
at 13:22:33 on 30 July 2019 |
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| It's getting ridiculous now. The hands out brigade are being kowtowed to way too much nowadays. Be better to assess what these people are spending their money on and educating them instead of blindly handing out supermarket vouchers, no questions asked. |
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ROSSI wrote
at 13:22:08 on 30 July 2019 |
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| You're way out of touch on this Bob. The poor smoke counterfeit handrolling tobacco that they buy, usually from "certain" shops, for around eight quid a pouch. |
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bob the regular wrote
at 05:15:22 on 30 July 2019 |
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| Why do kids go hungry. It's not like we have the poverty my gran told me about that they had 100 years ago.I live like a king on a fiver a day for food.I will have a steak and a bit of chicken on most days. I am no great cook but I am sure I could feed a family of 4 on 70 quid a week for food. I have a neighbour ,married with a wife who doesn't work, they have a small child. Each night he comes home from work, then goes out to get a takeaway. Its got to be best part of 15 to 20 quid each night. For What? To eat shit.Have you ever noticed, it is the poorer areas that seem to have the most takeaways? How much money also goes on alcohol fags and weed ? I will never forget the old social on the crescent ,where I went once about 30 years ago when I was on the sick for a while. There was this woman next to me smoking Benson and Hedges constantly. The dearest fags then. She got her turn to be interviewed , and still smoking, she turned to the benefits adviser and loudly shouted " How do you expect me to feed my XXXXXXX kids if you don't give me enough money?" I laughed my balls off. I bet things have not changed much, apart from the fact that the poor now seem to smoke lambert and butler. |
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Rossi wrote
at 05:14:06 on 30 July 2019 |
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| I'll be honest with you, I've been in that Chimney Pot Cafe a few times, and the prices were no different from those of ordinary greasy spoon cafes on the precinct. If you want a cheap breakfast then try the cafe at the Angel Centre. You get a small breakfast with tea or coffee and toast for £2.80. |
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DJB wrote
at 05:13:41 on 30 July 2019 |
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| This is brilliant.
It will give the parents more free cash to spend on drugs to smoke. |
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Simon Williams wrote
at 05:11:01 on 30 July 2019 |
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| Well done all at The Corner Stone |
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