KMB Shipping Helps Tackle Holiday Hunger

By KMB Shipping Group
schedule11th Apr 19

KMB Shipping Group are proud to be supporting a school cafe pilot, being tested out in Dudley town centre in a bid to tackle holiday hunger.

Pupils from Jessons Primary School will take part in the scheme to ensure no child goes hungry over the upcoming Easter holidays.

KMB Shipping are working with the school, Dudley Council, The Friends of Grange Park and a number of local organisations to run the scheme for pupils from low income households during the two weeks holiday.

Eligible youngsters will be able to use tokens to get lunch in one of four participating cafes in Dudley town centre- The pilot will be assessed to see how such schemes can be run in the future to help low-income families over the holiday periods.

Paul Hull, Director of KMB Shipping, said “Holiday hunger is a real issue for so many families, it’s heart-breaking. As a local business we’re proud to be able to support our community, especially such a worthy initiative that will make a real difference to children in the borough.”

Karen Paskin, Friends of Grange Park, said: "We have organised a number of local community events to bring people together and talk about issues faced by families living in the local area and food poverty is something that has been discussed many times.

"Opening up schools during holidays can be difficult so we decided to try this token scheme so that it would benefit families and businesses alike, whilst bringing people from a cross section of the local community together.”

21 per cent of children aged five to ten years in the Dudley borough live in low income households.

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