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Free breakfast will continue to be provided to disadvantaged children over the summer holidays, the government has announced.
Free breakfasts will continue to be provided over the summer break. Picture: Magic Breakfast
Free breakfasts will continue to be provided over the summer break. Picture: Magic Breakfast

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Breakfast clubs extended over summer holidays

The Department for Education has announced that breakfast clubs will be extended to support vulnerable children over the summer holidays.

Co-ordinators of the national breakfast club programme Family Action and Magic Breakfast are liaising with schools so that families can access this provision through initiatives including parents collecting food parcels or breakfast food “drop-offs”.

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