TWENTY-TWO-year-old Manchester United and England striker Marcus Rashford made a public plea to the government to ensure that schoolchildren have access to free school meals over the summer holidays.



During the Covid-19 crisis, Rashford has been working with FareShare — the UK’s largest hunger and food waste charity. Rashford’s campaign with FareShare has raised over £20 million to provide food for children who ordinarily would receive free school meals but who are in danger of going hungry during lockdown. 

The project has been extremely successful and has gathered support from major supermarkets — including Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury’s, Waitrose and the Co-op. Rashford’s campaign started in Greater Manchester and has become a national initiative — reaching three million children across the country.