The Manchester United and England striker was successful in campaigning for free school meal vouchers to be provided to pupils over the summer period. Rashford, 22, has now teamed up with the food industry to shed light on the issue of child food poverty in the UK. Along with Aldi, Asda, Co-op, Deliveroo, FareShare, Food Foundation, Iceland, Kellogg's, Lidl, Sainsbury's, Tesco and Waitrose, he has formed the 'Child Food Poverty Task Force'. The expansion of free school meals to every child from a household on Universal Credit or equivalent, reaching an additional 1.5m seven-16-year-olds. The expansion of holiday provision (food and activities) to support all children on free school meals, reaching an additional 1.1m children.

Source: Sky sports September 01, 2020 06:56 UTC