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- DD9.
overfed and undernourished.
WHY DONT CHILDREN GET MEALS AT HALF TERM ?
- Thread starter bluebell
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overfed and undernourished.
- Location
- Northumberland
Was waiting in a fish & chip shop on the outskirts of Newcastle one night. Geordie comes in. "Usual Geordie" says the girl behind the counter.
Seems Geordie`s usual is fish & chips 4 x. + some other bits , came to £36.
Rough calc as I drove home, our supper will usually cost under £10 ( home made )
So lets assume that difference occurs on 300 nights a year £7800
Seems Geordie`s usual is fish & chips 4 x. + some other bits , came to £36.
Rough calc as I drove home, our supper will usually cost under £10 ( home made )
So lets assume that difference occurs on 300 nights a year £7800
give such parents more money and what do we think they will spend it on then ? Cooking lessons and food for their kids ? I doubt it !
I’ve always felt benefits should not be paid as cash, they should be food and essentials vouchers / credits that can only be spent on food, not drink, fags, sky tv etc
i am 100% happy to pay tax to help feed people, look after their health and house them but I am not happy to buy them drink, drugs, alcohol, sky tv, iPhone and a few new tattoo, And then listen to them complain they can’t feed their kids
100% In a Nutshell
DeeGee
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- Location
- North East Wales
As ever, it is almost impossible to generalise with a ‘one policy suits all.......’ etc, and as so often the issue is complex.
There will be many many genuine cases of financial hardship and a significant number may well include children with two hard working parents who are perhaps on low wages or on terms of no contract employment. Times for families such as these will be hard at the best of times, but possibly much more difficult in bad times such as these.
There again there are of course the stereotypical scroungers with large families, no intention of working or doing anything constructive for themselves, invariably adorned with expensive tattoos, and with money for the latest video games, designer trainers, fags and booze and of course the obligatory brindled dog with its studded harness.
These may be just one portrayal of two examples of ‘need’. One certainly deserving of society’s help, if only perhaps temporarily through some bad times; the other ‘underclass’ believe society owes them benefits and will always expect to be kept by the rest of us for as long as the welfare state exists.
So, as should be self evident, to try and sweep aside with one wide brush all those who may be in real need of free school meals is clearly wrong.
There will be many many genuine cases of financial hardship and a significant number may well include children with two hard working parents who are perhaps on low wages or on terms of no contract employment. Times for families such as these will be hard at the best of times, but possibly much more difficult in bad times such as these.
There again there are of course the stereotypical scroungers with large families, no intention of working or doing anything constructive for themselves, invariably adorned with expensive tattoos, and with money for the latest video games, designer trainers, fags and booze and of course the obligatory brindled dog with its studded harness.
These may be just one portrayal of two examples of ‘need’. One certainly deserving of society’s help, if only perhaps temporarily through some bad times; the other ‘underclass’ believe society owes them benefits and will always expect to be kept by the rest of us for as long as the welfare state exists.
So, as should be self evident, to try and sweep aside with one wide brush all those who may be in real need of free school meals is clearly wrong.
Grassman
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- Location
- Derbyshire
This is a load of political nonsense. Child benefit payments are in place. Schools are not there to provide out of term meals.
The truth is Labour are using this and many other issues as a way of getting easy popularity.
Does anyone really think all the Conservative MPs thought "ooh let's come across really badly and watch children go without food". They are here to run the country not react to some rich footballer on a crusade.
The truth is Labour are using this and many other issues as a way of getting easy popularity.
Does anyone really think all the Conservative MPs thought "ooh let's come across really badly and watch children go without food". They are here to run the country not react to some rich footballer on a crusade.
Campbell
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- Location
- Herefordshire
I understand this particular meals benefit is in the form of vouchers, at least a chance of getting to where it's needed. My mother was always incensed by the sight of folks standing in food bank ques with packet of 20 fags in one hand and big I phone in the other..............
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.- Location
- Lincolnshire
Wokeness again. A bag of spuds is £5. Nanny state in everything nowadays.
no personal responsibility whatsoever.
no personal responsibility whatsoever.
- Location
- DD9.
My wife is involved in setting up a project in local town teaching some of the less academically minded kids from the school about sowing, growing and cooking real food.
To change the current situation requires starting with the kids. What we do is pretty amazing really. In simplistic terms we produce food from a seed, some soil, along with light and water.
Parents with issues aren’t gonna change, they’re set in their ways and won’t change unfortunately.
Educate and inspire the kids, just have to write off the ready meal generation now I think.
school meals, that’s a whole other kettle of fish, the ones here are pitiful.
To change the current situation requires starting with the kids. What we do is pretty amazing really. In simplistic terms we produce food from a seed, some soil, along with light and water.
Parents with issues aren’t gonna change, they’re set in their ways and won’t change unfortunately.
Educate and inspire the kids, just have to write off the ready meal generation now I think.
school meals, that’s a whole other kettle of fish, the ones here are pitiful.
- Location
- Limousin
I find it embarrassing that members of the most heavily subsidised industry in the UK are whining about a few quid to feed underprivileged kids. It's not their fault their parents are poor or just lazy wasters and they shouldn't be penalised because of it..
Grassman
Member
- Location
- Derbyshire
There is already support for these kids. This is just politics.
AGN76
Member
- Location
- north Wales
McDonald's doing free children's meals now so should keep the beef market moving
Just what Chantelle Lexus Ferrari needs.... A Happy Meal packed with sh!t and an apple...
- Location
- Lincolnshire
When I was at school the rot was setting in. Half the class peed about and made it difficult for the rest of us to get qualifications. We got them with hard work. So ones who peed about left with no prospects then again want help from the State for themselves and their numerous offspring. Problem is it’s financially unsustainable and naive to think that spending ever more money will solve the problem.
I have no sympathy whatsoever.
What next? Totalitarian communist state. Everybody eating in communal canteens, then going down the pub and peeing benefits up the wall.
I have no sympathy whatsoever.
What next? Totalitarian communist state. Everybody eating in communal canteens, then going down the pub and peeing benefits up the wall.
- Location
- Limousin
I don't think Marcus Rashford is following any polital agenda.
- Location
- Lincolnshire
I get requests to let disadvantaged kids drive the tractor on the farm. Well I’ve been here on and off working for 43 years and for me driving tractor for a day is a holiday. Nobody wants the hours lathered in oil and grease servicing the machines or digging out and cleaning drains. Oh no sir, we want a day on our arse with the head phones on. That’s what people expect nowadays. No graft, just entitlement and a nice time. Well life isn’t like that if you want to get anywhere.
Steevo
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- Location
- Gloucestershire
McDonalds are donating money to Fareshare.
Good job too....fast food solve this “problem” would be a HUGE backward step.
Grassman
Member
- Location
- Derbyshire
Nothing against him whatsoever. He is doing what he feels is right. But the politicians are jumping on the bandwagon for their own political gain
goldeneagle
Member
It is definitely political and unfortunately with politics nowadays people vote for what they want rather than what they need (or not at all). Social responsibility seems to be a thing of the past and generations that haven't seen any hardship seem to be making the most noise.
Steevo
Member
- Location
- Gloucestershire
Call me a cynic, but celebs do likewise to raise their own profile and stay relevant.