Cambridgeshire County Council will be providing vouchers to all children who usually receive Free School Meals, for use during February half term.
The £15 supermarket vouchers will be issued automatically by 12 February ready for use during the half term week. Vouchers will be sent by email and text message to parents/carers.
It may be that in these unusual times there have been changes to your financial circumstances. If you have not previously applied for Free School Meals, or your name has recently changed, and you feel you now meet the below criteria, please visit www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/freeschoolmeals to apply.
Children will be automatically issued with free school meal vouchers if the parent/carer receives any of the following:
- Income Support
- Income Based Job Seekers Allowance
- Income-related Employment and Support Allowance
- Child Tax Credit – but no element of Working Tax Credit – and have an annual income (as assessed by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC)) that does not exceed £16,190
- If you are supported under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
- Guarantee element of State Pension Credit
- Working Tax Credit during the four week period immediately after your employment finishes or after you start to work less hours per week
- Universal Credit with an annual net earned income of no more than £7,400
The vouchers will be provided through the council’s Winter Grant Scheme funding, which also offers other forms of support – with utility bills, for example, or other essential household spending. For further information about the Winter Grant Scheme and the support available, please visit www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/wintersupport
If you are eligible for a free school meals voucher but do not wish to receive one, please let your school know as soon as possible so that the voucher can be reallocated to someone else in need.