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Breakfast clubs benefit working parents

More than one in four parents would be forced to quit their job if they were unable to send their child to a school breakfast club,a new poll finds.

Of the 2,000 working parents with children aged four to 16 who were surveyed by Kellogg’s,  nearly a quarter said being able to send their primary school child to a breakfast club means they can get to work on time.

According to Kellogg’s, parents who use breakfast clubs are able to work an additional 93.6 hours a year. The figure is based on the average hours saved a week through the use of clubs  - 2.4 - by the number of school weeks in a year - 39.

More than ten per cent of parents also reported being able to attend college or university because of the provision of school breakfast clubs.

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