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Patryk attends a holiday club near Belfast which has been providing food parcels out of term time. He has witnessed holiday hunger with young children coming to the club with empty lunch boxes. He speaks strongly on the need for all-year-round holiday provision and the risk of holiday hunger without it in Northern Ireland.

I became a Food Ambassador as I saw the issues going on in the UK regarding poverty. It really struck me to help people become more engaged and understand what it really is. At this moment in time, a few of us are working on awareness packs to highlight what food poverty is from a young persons perspective to share with others. 

I became a Young Food Ambassador when I’m 14 because I want people to hear my side of the story around food poverty. I grew up in a single parent household with my dad raising my older brother and me. We had free school meals up until 2022 and had to cut back so we could afford other things.