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By Lewis Berrill @LewisBerrill Chief reporter - east London and west Essex
3food4u volunteers at the charity s Waltham Abbey hub. Photo: 3food4u A Harlow academy is set to open a new community hub help families struggling to afford food and groceries. Beckmead Moundwood Academy, part of The Beckmead Trust, has teamed up with Epping Forest charity 3 Food 4 U. The hub will provide much-needed supplies to the disadvantaged with no assessment or referral forms necessary, anyone in need will be able to access free food, donated by local supermarkets, restaurants and individuals. Alongside food, the hub will offer other necessities including home essentials, clothes, toys and more. The hub will also be able to signpost local residents to support services.
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The huge challenges of home-schooling
A mother wakes at dawn to copy out worksheets for her children on to pieces of paper.
Secondary school pupils attempt to write essays on their mobile phones, while younger children queue to wait their turn on the one computer in the house.
That, according to the Child Poverty Action Group, was the reality of remote learning in some homes in the first UK lockdown in March 2020. We spoke to thousands of parents, carers and children and the thing we heard was that up to 40% of them did not only not have access to a laptop or the internet, but also to other things like printers, even stationery and craft materials, said Kate Anstey, a project lead at the charity.