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The schools are going to "community refrigerators," where are the parents to eat at home

The largest primary school academy trust in England is panels, the opening in schools to stop the family of hunger"".

The Reach2 trust, the "community refrigerators" in the schools, Food for the families that would not otherwise be able to afford it.

brought The Project in five schools in The East of England, with the aim of expanding to all of The Trust 's 60 primary schools.

trust chief Sir Steve Lancashire said it was "heartbreaking" that it is needed.

"We often hear about children going hungry to school because their families simply can't afford to you with the Food you want," says Sir Steve, Reach2's chief executive.

low wages

"hard To believe that this happens in 2019 is heartbreaking," said Sir Steve.

He says the problem is widespread "very" in the less-favoured areas, where a lot of the confidence of the schools.

"The demands on families increase, But the wages are low, the work can be hard to come by - and life is complex," says Sir Steve.

There was a growing number of schools, the provision of Food with parents in an emergency with The National Governance Association reporting last month that 8% of the governors were in schools that were in operation Food Banks .

Lucy Williams, co-head of primary, says of the hungry children in the struggle to behave and focus on learning

The latest project will see the largest Academy group in the primary sector, offers free Food in schools, with a fridge, donated by the manufacturer Amica.

The Food will contain excess school meals, and Food approaching its expiry date, such as fruit, cheese, eggs, vegetables and yogurt.

"Every week, school kitchens, to discard, to eat," says Sir Steve. But he hopes that the municipality of the refrigerator, the Food even better use in the fight against the "family hunger".

It starts next week with Reach2 primary schools in Colchester and Clacton in Essex and Ipswich, Beccles and Lowestoft in Suffolk.

avoiding the 'Stigma '

Food Banks are, in General, people provide, the referrals from social services, GPs or schools.

But the community refrigerators will be available in the school available to all parents, Need , to take Food and is placed "discreetly, to any Stigma ".

Sir Steve Lancashire said it was "heartbreaking" that a free-Food Scheme is necessary

Sir Steve says he does not expect to offer parents abuse - But says he would prefer to see a few people wrong always for free Food , as the families are suffering from Hunger.

"parents are really on the breadline," he says.

unity primary Academy, in the vicinity of Colchester, one of the schools piloting the Food -system and its co - head Lucy Williams says, it is a response to a daily problem.

"More and more people rely on Food Banks ," she says.

- poverty

Those who may Need assistance, to include families in which both parents work, she says, with families struggling with low wages and high cost of living.

So families and benefits work can end up with "very little left at the end of the month," says Miss Williams.

It could decide a case, whether you say pay for electricity or Food , you.

When children come to school without having eaten, she says, it affects their behavior, which "makes terrible decisions and not have to focus on in the situation".

she says that can listen to the teachers, from children themselves about the concern about a lack of Food .

For anyone who doubts that children are really not being fed, she says: "Come and spend A Day in school. There are different reasons for hunger, But many people are facing challenges, which is a burden on what is available at home. "

The municipality of refrigerators project, it hopes, will mean that "families have to worry about hunger".

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Source of news: bbc.com