'It is so insensitive' - the campaign continues into winter They say the waiting list of families wanting to use their services over the summer has grown and they are worried about what happens when the school voucher scheme ends. Rashford also visits a community store in south London that works with charities to redistribute surplus food from supermarkets to local low-income families. "It used to be about families with parents who work - it's become about families who cannot and don't have the facilities or the money to feed." "Breakfast club has gone from about 30 to 70 children," she tells Rashford. Jackie Jones, the school's safeguarding lead, describes how the number of families seeking support from the breakfast club has risen since the start of the pandemic.
Rashford was driven by his own experiences. At the time, about 1.3 million children from low-income backgrounds were eligible for free school meals in England, and the government had given support during the first lockdown in April. He then wrote an open letter to MPs, urging the government to reverse a decision not to provide free school meals during the summer holidays. In June, he told the BBC that about £20m had been raised to supply three million meals. He began working with FareShare to raise money to give meals to vulnerable people. Rashford's campaign started after the UK went into lockdown because of the coronavirus pandemic in March. "When you come from a place of struggle and pain, a lot of the time it switches and it becomes your drive and motivation." 'Have they experienced these things?' - Rashford's campaign begins Rashford says: "I think in sport you have to have something behind you that is pushing you. Rashford's mum explains the sacrifices she made to support her family "If they knew my mum was in work, they'd just let me have a portion of chips or something," he says. He reflects on how local businesses supported him and his family.
In one scene in the documentary, Rashford visits Wythenshawe - the area of south Manchester where he grew up. "But I wouldn't tell somebody I was struggling - it was embarrassing." "Sometimes we didn't even have a loaf of bread in the house," she says. Mel says there were times she served up food for her children but there would not be enough for herself. "I used to finish my shift and then go back and do the cleaning," she says, adding: "I used to do pot-washing on a Saturday as well." While working as a bookmakers' cashier, she took on another job in the shop. His mother Mel - a single parent of five - explains how she worked three jobs when Rashford was growing up. The film gives a unique insight into Rashford's childhood. Rashford meets London family helped by summer holiday meal vouchers 'Sometimes we didn't even have a loaf of bread' - Rashford's background
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