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Families praise football hub food poverty scheme

Families have welcomed a new project to help tackle food poverty run by the official charity partner of Norwich City FC.

'Play and Eat' is held at the Community Sports Foundation's hub, The Nest, and allows children and their families to eat after school for £2 per meal.

The scheme is available term time between 16:00 and 18:00 BST Monday to Friday.

The foundation said while it was "open to all", it would mostly benefit those "struggling to cope with the ever-rising costs of feeding their children or providing a healthy, nutritious meal".

Ian Thornton, the foundation’s CEO, added: "Not only will local families be able to enjoy a healthy, freshly cooked meal, the 'play' hour offers an invaluable opportunity to socialise, exercise and make new friends, all for a very reasonable price.