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Holiday Hunger in the UK - Local Responses to Childhood Food Insecurity (Hardcover)
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Holiday Hunger in the UK - Local Responses to Childhood Food Insecurity (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Studies in Food, Society and the Environment
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This timely and much-needed book focuses on the phenomenon often
referred to as "holiday hunger" in the United Kingdom. The book
begins by outlining the history and scope of holiday hunger - the
condition that occurs when a child's household is, or will become,
food insecure during the summer holidays. The decline of the UK
welfare state and the rise of neoliberalism have created a
situation where up to three million children in the UK face food
insecurity during the summer months when there are extra financial
pressures on the working poor and when free school meals are not
available. This book details the level of childhood and household
food insecurity in the UK and describes one of the main responses
to holiday hunger - holiday clubs. These clubs are locally
organised and funded and provide a place for children to go to eat
nutritious meals for free during the school holidays. Highlighting
the benefits of holiday clubs that often extend beyond food
provision, this book also discusses the challenges that they face
now and in the future. The book concludes with recommendations for
food insecurity policy and the role of government in fighting
holiday hunger. This book will be of great interest to students and
scholars of food and nutrition security, social policy and public
health.
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