In Pictures: Cafes and communities come together to feed children
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It was all hands on deck on Monday as communities across the UK offered free breakfasts, sandwiches and lunch bags to struggling school children.
On the first day of the half term holiday, cafes, councils and community centres threw their weight behind a campaign backed by England footballer Marcus Rashford to extend free school meal provisions.
Their support comes less than a week after the Commons rejected a bid to continue the scheme over the half term by 322 votes to 261.
Child collects packed lunch bags
Sarah Marriott hands a lunch pack to a young person
Helen Manning prepares sandwiches at The Watering Can, in Greenbank Park, Liverpool
Sandwiches at The Watering Can café in Liverpool
Louisa Ingleton puts out a menu offering free breakfasts for children at the Rumour Cafe in Sheerness, Kent
Dawn Grain, manager of the Rumour Cafe, prepares bags containing free meals
A free lunches sign outside London Fields Primary School in London
A chef prepared food for free lunch bags at Pho in Bristol
Staff member holds lunch bags at Pho
A free breakfast sign outside the Sandon pub in Liverpool
Leah Cain helps deliver packed lunches in Liverpool
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