Plans to prevent children being hungry during next week’s half-term and to provide free school breakfasts for the remainder of the school year have been published by the town's MP Frank Field.
Four "Feeding Birkenhead" projects are running a total of 24 "meal and fun" sessions between Monday, February 20 and Friday, February 24.
The prjoject is building on the past two years’ work which has seen more than 2,000 children being helped during school holidays.
People living in the area have raised £200 towards Feeding Birkenhead’s free school breakfasts initiative which will see at least ten schools receive pallets of porridge, muesli, cereals, jams, fruit snacks, fruit drinks.
All the food, which has become surplus in supermarkets’ supply chains, would have gone to waste had it not been rescued by a charity called His Church which supplies Feeding Birkenhead’s projects.
Mr Field said: "Birkenhead residents have yet again shown great determination and generosity.
By putting themselves forward to run and volunteer for local projects that give as many children as possible the chance to enjoy their half-term break and enabling ten schools to provide decent breakfasts for hundreds of children for the remainder of the school year.’"
The full February half-term timetable is as follows:
Monday, February 20: Breakfast and fun (for primary school aged children, advance booking required) 9am – 11am Prenton Tenants and Residents Association, 29 Dickens Avenue, Prenton, CH43 0TQ Alan Dollery, adollery@sky.com, 07931 841 981
Breakfast club 9.30am – 11.30am St James Centre, 344 Laird Street, North Birkenhead, CH41 7AL Eve Barrett, eve.barrett@corganisers.org.uk, 0151 670 9974
Jolly Tots (reading, songs and snacks for under-3s and parents) 10am – 11.30am St James Centre, 344 Laird Street, North Birkenhead, CH41 7AL Eve Barrett, eve.barrett@corganisers.org.uk, 0151 670 9974
Free lunch and activities (for primary school aged children) 10.30am – 12.30pm Tranmere Methodist Church, Whitfield Street, Tranmere, CH42 0LR Rev Steve Carpenter, steve.methdoist@methodist.org.uk, 0151 678 6395
Neo Café/Birkenhead Boys Club – All day fun with sports and food Minibus leaves at 10.30am from Beaconsfield Community House, Beaconsfield Close, Rock Ferry, CH42 3YN Ema Wilkes, neo.cafe@aol.com, 07447 913 888
Monday Club (cooking, crafts, and lunch for under-11s) 1pm – 2.30pm St James Centre, 344 Laird Street, North Birkenhead, CH41 7AL Eve Barrett, eve.barrett@corganisers.org.uk, 0151 670 9974
Youth Club (activities and meals for young people aged 11 and over) 5.45pm – 7.15pm St James Centre, 344 Laird Street, North Birkenhead, CH41 7AL Eve Barrett, eve.barrett@corganisers.org.uk, 0151 670 9974
Tuesday: Breakfast club 9.30am – 11.30am St James Centre, 344 Laird Street, North Birkenhead, CH41 7AL Eve Barrett, eve.barrett@corganisers.org.uk, 0151 670 9974
International crafts and lunch 10am – Midday St James Centre, 344 Laird Street, North Birkenhead, CH41 7AL Eve Barrett, eve.barrett@corganisers.org.uk, 0151 670 9974
Community Breakfast 10am – 11am Neo Café, Beaconsfield Community House, Beaconsfield Close, Rock Ferry, CH42 3YN Ema Wilkes, neo.cafe@aol.com, 07447 913 888
Family cookery, music, dancing and crafts (under-7s must be accompanied by an adult) 11am – 2pm Neo Café, Beaconsfield Community House, Beaconsfield Close, Rock Ferry, CH42 3YN Ema Wilkes, neo.cafe@aol.com, 07447 913 888
Youth Club and Dinner 4.30pm – 6.30pm Neo Café, Beaconsfield Community House, Beaconsfield Close, Rock Ferry, CH42 3YN Ema Wilkes, neo.cafe@aol.com, 07447 913 888
Wednesday: Breakfast and fun (for primary school aged children, advance booking required) 9am – 11am Prenton Tenants and Residents Association, 29 Dickens Avenue, Prenton, CH43 0TQ Alan Dollery, adollery@sky.com, 07931 841 981
Breakfast club 9.30am – 11.30am St James Centre, 344 Laird Street, North Birkenhead, CH41 7AL Eve Barrett, eve.barrett@corganisers.org.uk, 0151 670 9974
Community Meal Share 2pm – 4pm St James Centre, 344 Laird Street, North Birkenhead, CH41 7AL Eve Barrett, eve.barrett@corganisers.org.uk, 0151 670 9974
Thursday: Breakfast club 9.30am – 11.30am St James Centre, 344 Laird Street, North Birkenhead, CH41 7AL Eve Barrett, eve.barrett@corganisers.org.uk, 0151 670 9974
Book @ Breakfast (shared reading group with free toast and hot drinks) 10am – Midday St James Centre, 344 Laird Street, North Birkenhead, CH41 7AL Eve Barrett, eve.barrett@corganisers.org.uk, 0151 670 9974
Community Breakfast 10am – 11am Neo Café, Beaconsfield Community House, Beaconsfield Close, Rock Ferry, CH42 3YN Ema Wilkes, neo.cafe@aol.com, 07447 913 888
Family cookery, gardening and crafts (under-7s must be accompanied by an adult) 11am – 2pm Neo Café, Beaconsfield Community House, Beaconsfield Close, Rock Ferry, CH42 3YN Ema Wilkes, neo.cafe@aol.com, 07447 913 888
Homework Club Cooking Special 3.30pm – 4.30pm St James Centre, 344 Laird Street, North Birkenhead, CH41 7AL Eve Barrett, eve.barrett@corganisers.org.uk, 0151 670 9974
Youth Club and Dinner 4.30pm – 6.30pm Neo Café, Beaconsfield Community House, Beaconsfield Close, Rock Ferry, CH42 3YN Ema Wilkes, neo.cafe@aol.com, 07447 913 888
Friday: Breakfast and fun (for primary school aged children, advance booking required) 9am – 11am Prenton Tenants and Residents Association, 29 Dickens Avenue, Prenton, CH43 0TQ Alan Dollery, adollery@sky.com, 07931 841 981
Breakfast club 9.30am – 11.30am St James Centre, 344 Laird Street, North Birkenhead, CH41 7AL Eve Barrett, eve.barrett@corganisers.org.uk, 0151 670 9974
Free lunch and activities (for primary school aged children) 10.30am – 12.30pm Tranmere Methodist Church, Whitfield Street, Tranmere, CH42 0LR Rev Steve Carpenter, steve.methdoist@methodist.org.uk, 0151 678 6395
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