Following KCC’s response to offer vouchers to families of children entitled to Free School Meals over the October half term, the Council will be using part of its £4.5m allocation under the government’s £170m Covid Winter Fund to provide vouchers over the Christmas holidays.
Whereas the October scheme, of necessity, required an application, the greater time for preparation means that families should be able to receive the vouchers (one £15 per week voucher for each eligible child) without the need for an application process. This scheme for both the Christmas holidays and the February half term should cost some £2.5m, leaving a further £2m for schemes that support low-income families with pre-school children and other similar households, including those without children.
I am signing off the formal Council Decisions required to bring this into effect and to enable the Council and schools to exchange the information needed for the voucher scheme.
It is good that we were able to support families during half term, and better news still that we will be able to do so over the Christmas period.
You can find KCC‘s press release here.
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