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in fairness, Jack Monroe was pushing this earlier, but Rashford has a bigger profile. Not that that's a bad thing for him to use it to good effect.
Morrisons did something in the first Lockdown, I believe.
Yes, I did it for a while in addition to home deliveries and I believe they have relaunched the scheme in selected areas now for this lockdown too. My store had a dedicated van, dedicated shoppers to get the goods and it was all done at cost of the goods purchased with card payment on the doorstep. You had to phone a special number they gave out to place your order and you originally had a choice from a basic shopping list of items but this was increased on a store level as they could. It was really tough to go round people who were isolating and hadn't left their homes for weeks or even months towards the end but very satisfying to do. It was eventually absorbed into the normal home delivery schedules as the numbers decreased and normality started to come back. Some stores had the 'Box' scheme too that kelvin mentioned but nationally it was mainly the dedicated vans.
Wouldn't take much for a similar scheme to be set up for these school meals as deliveries would only need to be done for each household once a week or so. 3 drivers, one van and a few extra picking staff per store and it would be easily achievable.
I dont care for football at all, but hes a good egg that Marcus Rashford and no doubt it will set a good example to his young followers that standing up for what you believe in can result in change.
It's having an effect. I was out for a walk in the local park a few weeks ago and there were kids having a kick-around doing the usual thing of pretending to be their favourite players. There were a few arguing about who was going to be Rashford, I've also seen a few people wearing footie tops with his name on them too. Like you I don't follow football at all so for me to notice this means he's having a very positive effect on the next generation.
Ah Matt Hancock. Not so busy with covid that he can't find the time go on national TV and completely humiliate himself
in fairness, Jack Monroe was pushing this earlier, but Rashford has a bigger profile. Not that that’s a bad thing for him to use it to good effect.
He's not letting up is he? It's brilliant to see. Though a tad embaressing that our Prime Minister is having to phone a footballer to get told what to do about feeding disadvanteged kids and maybe stop his private sector mates from profiteering off the backs of them
I just wish Ole would stop playing him on the right. He's much better on the left with Martial in a more central position
It’s having an effect. I was out for a walk in the local park a few weeks ago and there were kids having a kick-around doing the usual thing of pretending to be their favourite players. There were a few arguing about who was going to be Rashford, I’ve also seen a few people wearing footie tops with his name on them too. Like you I don’t follow football at all so for me to notice this means he’s having a very positive effect on the next generation.
He's an amazing human being. If you've not watched the BBC documentary on him then its well worth a viewing. He comes across as an incredibley mature and throughtful person who genuinelly cares about these kids and is happy to talk about his own experiences of poverty
Marcus rashford - Feeding Britains Children