Marcus scored goals in his first-team debuts in the Europa League, Premier League, and League Cup. The system was not built for families like mine to succeed, regardless of how hard my mum worked,” the football star wrote.“As a family, we relied on breakfast clubs, free school meals, and the kind actions of neighbors and coaches. Rashford represented England at the 2016 UEFA Euro. (The English school years lasts until mid-July, with only a six week summer break. Unlike in the United States, where professional sports teams draft players after they finish school, European sports teams operate their own academies – at the elite level, this means running their own schools, or partnering with local private schools to provide a good general education alongside intensive sports training.“It is wonderful to see a young man like Marcus Rashford sticking with is grassroots and really helping the community around him in which he grew up,” he said.Rashford’s activism has also been praised by Caritas at the national level.Clive Chapman, Senior Officer for Mission and Advocacy at Caritas Social Action Network (CSAN), told “We now need to make sure the summer provision covers all households with no recourse to public funds,” he added, since many people, mostly immigrants, are not eligible for the food voucher scheme.Chapman also alluded to CSAN’s June 3 appeal for England offer parents the choice of cash payments by bank transfer, as an alternative form of support alongside food vouchers.The method is already offered in the other nations of the UK, and CSAN says it enables families to have increased choice and control over providing for their children and helps to recognize the equal dignity of all families by removing the stigma often attached to using vouchers.“If politicians are as serious about respecting the dignity of all these families, as they are to responding to Marcus Rashford’s very welcome appeal, then they would do well to offer parents the option for a direct cash payment alongside a voucher scheme, as in Wales and Scotland,” Chapman told We’re a news site dedicated to offering the very best in smart, wired and independent coverage of the Vatican and the Catholic Church.Vatican City promotes summer camp for employees' familiesEnglish archbishops 'look forward' to opening churches after lockdownEnglish bishops: Plan to end lockdown ignores 'spiritual needs' of countrySign up to get the latest Catholic news and stories delivered right to your inbox.Vatican City promotes summer camp for employees' familiesEnglish archbishops 'look forward' to opening churches after lockdownEnglish bishops: Plan to end lockdown ignores 'spiritual needs' of country However, the school year is broken up with weeklong “half term” breaks, as well as longer holidays at Christmas and Easter. At the age of five, Rashford played for Fletcher Moss Rangers. (Credit: Jon Super/AP. )Catholic charities have praised the government’s decision.“I think the government is recognizing the popularity of this particular campaign, is one thing; and I think the other thing is we are a country that is looking for kindness at this moment in time,” said Mark Wiggin, the Director of Caritas Salford, which covers the greater Manchester area.“We are looking for compassion and we are looking for the kinder side of the political world that we are in, and we need that sort of ability sometimes to change our mind and to give way to public opinion,” he told The food vouchers are worth £15 ($19) a week per child, and are only expected to cost the government around £120 million ($152 million) over the summer.Wiggin also said he didn’t think the government found it politically difficult to make the U-Turn.“Quite frankly, because they know that is to the public benefit in a very difficult circumstance of a pandemic where many people are struggling, and increasingly will struggle as time goes on to put bread on the table. 1 striker during his 18 months in charge despite some calls for the club to sign a more experienced and established striker to lead the line.Rashford has a team-high 14 goals in the Premier League this season, but hasn’t been seen in the famous red jersey since Jan. 15, when he hobbled off the field at Old Trafford during an FA Cup replay against Wolverhampton, holding his back.He sustained a double stress fracture, the result of a gruelling schedule which saw him play virtually every game for United whether it was in the league, the cups or in European competition.Rashford was still in recovery in mid-March when the league was suspended because of the coronavirus.Rashford likely would have missed the rest of the season, but the three-month hiatus means United has its leading striker back for the run-in, which starts on Friday with an away game at Tottenham.“He has changed the lives of so many kids this summer,” Solskjaer said, “which is more important than any game of football he will probably play.“So hopefully he can keep up both sides (of his life) as well as he is doing now.”With Paul Pogba also back fit after injury, Solskjaer has enviable attacking options for the remainder of the season, but also some dilemmas.Can Pogba and playmaker Bruno Fernandes, who has excelled since joining from Sporting Lisbon in January, play together in midfield?Who out of Rashford and Anthony Martial will start as the central striker, and which of them will be on the left wing?