Two Portsmouth councillors personally fund free breakfasts for children during the summer holidays.
Councillor George Madgwick said he hoped the free breakfasts would help "ease the pressure" of the cost of living crisisPortsmouth City councillors George and Brian Madgwick are personally donating £4,000 to fund the scheme.
The breakfasts will be held at St Michael and All Angels Church in Paulsgrove every weekend through the summer holidays.He said: "Paulsgrove is an area with a lot of social housing, higher rates of unemployment and lower income in general and there's been a really noticeable increase in the number of people using the foodbank recently.
"Our schools do a fantastic job supporting families during term time and we wanted to do something to extend that into the summer."the scheme is being funded by the two councillors personally, rather than being financed by Portsmouth City Council.He added: "Families that have been just about managing to cope for the last few years have been tipped over the edge by inflation, particularly the huge increase in energy costs.
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