School Holiday Meals In NI After Funding Withdrawn

I am running this urgent appeal for Trussell Trust food banks in Northern Ireland after it was announced with just a day’s warning that government school holiday food payments for families in poverty have been withdrawn. 

Around 96,000 children were entitled to £27 per fortnight (hence my crazy target), and so it’s clear that this sudden withdrawal for whatever reason will put an extra strain on a number of services including their 40 or so food banks in Northern Ireland.  

As per usual, I’m not massively interested in yet another ‘can’t feed, don’t breed’ debate - just get the kids fed FFS. Here is the BBC article. 

All funds raised are handled directly by Trussell Trust. I will be in contact with them to request that this appeal is ‘ringfenced’ for Northern Ireland but ultimately it is their discretion as to exactly how monies are dispersed. Don’t forget to GIFT AID!