LONDON (REUTERS) - Marcus Rashford has formed a taskforce with some major food brands to help tackle hunger among children, the Manchester United and England forward said on Tuesday (Sept 1). Rashford had earned widespread praise after the 22-year-old successfully campaigned for school food vouchers to be provided over the summer holidays in Britain, revealing that he had relied on such support as a boy. The points include the expansion of free school meals to children whose families are on universal credit, expansion of holiday provision to all children on free school meals, and increasing the value of Healthy Start vouchers. We wanted to do it the best way...introduce the best people into our group, and see if using them (we) can push it even more." Rashford had also helped to raise around £20 million pounds (S$36.4 million) with charity Fareshare UK to supply meals to struggling families during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Source: BBC September 01, 2020 08:37 UTC