Families who receive benefit-related free school meals are set to receive vouchers worth £90 per child to cover the summer holidays, Bath & North East Somerset Council has said.
Government funding was recently secured to ensure support for food costs during school holidays will continue until the end of Easter next year.
Parents and carers will have received emails offering the latest round of supermarket vouchers.
People who received a voucher during the May half term will receive the email automatically and do not need to reapply.
Once families reply to the email to confirm they want the supermarket vouchers, a second email will be sent containing the links to access the vouchers.
The first email must be replied to within 48 hours of receipt and the links must be converted into the vouchers within two months of the first email having been received.
If a resident hasn’t received an email from the council, they are advised to first check in their spam and trash folders searching under ‘free school’ before emailing [email protected] or calling 01225 477277 (option 1).
Families who are eligible for benefit-related free school meals but have not claimed a voucher previously can make a claim through the council’s free school meals vouchers web portal.
Councillor Paul May, cabinet member for Children’s Services, said: “We are pleased to have secured this funding to help children who are most in need.
“Many families with children in receipt of free school meals struggle with extra food costs in school holidays, so these vouchers will help lessen the financial load.
“Anyone in emergency need can also access other types of local food support via our Welfare Support Team and the Community Wellbeing Hub.”
