Help For Harborough Families To Buy Food Over Summer Holidays
Written by HFM News on 8th July 2022
Harborough families struggling with the surging cost of living will get help to feed their children over the summer holidays.
The County Council’s school meal voucher scheme will mean parents and carers of 14,000 eligible youngsters across Leicestershire can buy £15 worth of food per week for the six week-long break.
The scheme is being funded with through the council’s Household Support Fund (HSF) from £3.6 million of Department of Work and Pension money.
Schools and early years settings have already started issuing vouchers to eligible families ahead of the end of term today.
County council lead member for resources councillor Lee Breckon said: “Everywhere you look it is obvious that vulnerable people in Leicestershire are feeling the bite of the cost-of-living crisis.
“We, as a council, cannot control some of the major economic factors pushing up costs but we are in a position to help families who may be finding things harder than others.
“We’re continuing with our long-standing free school meal vouchers which we know make a huge difference to families who struggle to put food on the table during the holidays and we recognise six weeks is a long time to be without the support they rely on in term time – so we’re stepping in with the £15-a-week offer again.”
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