Opening up school sports facilities would give every child a healthy summer | Tanni Grey-Thompson and Lawrence Dallaglio

The fitness of children from low-income familes suffers in the holidays. Why not allow them access to their schools’ facilities?

• Schools sports facilities may open in summer to fight obesity

Any government has a moral obligation to support the most vulnerable and disadvantaged in society, and this must especially be the case for children and young people within our communities. And yet, tragically, too many young people are being exposed to a perfect storm of hunger, physical inactivity and social disconnection – with the latter in some cases manifesting itself, heartbreakingly, in knife crime. Both their physical and mental health are under attack.

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