Yorkshire Cricket and Morrisons deliver 12,000 meals to stop children going hungry during summer holidays

The Yorkshire Cricket Foundation joined forces with Morrisons this summer to run Crick-EAT – an initiative which used the power of sport to provide nutritious meals to children and families from disadvantaged backgrounds across West Yorkshire.

The vital scheme - which has also provided 1,000 hours of cricket fun to help improve the wellbeing and health of some of the region’s most disadvantaged families – finishes on Friday Sep 3 after great success.

With many children coming from low-income households across the region, holiday hunger is a major issue for families who may not have access to free school meals throughout the summer months.

However, across West Yorkshire 12 community hubs have been providing thousands of children a free nutritious lunch for six weeks as part of the Crick-Eat partnership as well as hours of engaging and fun cricket coaching from professionally trained coaches.

Famous faces including Bradford-born Adil Rashid, a Yorkshire Cricket Club player and England cricketer, and Leeds mayor Councillor Asghar Khan, witnessed the meals in full swing and helped during visits to community hubs.

Cllr Khan, who arrived in Leeds from India when he was an 11-year-old boy, visited one of the busiest hubs this summer – the Bilal Sports Centre, in Harehills, this week.