Summary
Somerset Council in the UK is offering low-income families help with buying food during the Easter holidays through a new supermarket voucher program. This comes after the previous scheme, which provided vouchers during every school holiday for eligible children, ended. Eligible families can apply for the vouchers through the Citizens Advice Somerset website.
Key Facts
- Somerset Council is giving supermarket vouchers to low-income families for Easter.
- The previous program offering holiday vouchers ended, which had run for five years.
- Families can apply for the new vouchers through the Citizens Advice Somerset website.
- Nearly 40% of pupils at St Michael's Academy in Yeovil are eligible for free school meals.
- A national £1 billion Crisis and Resilience fund will support local authorities like Somerset.
- Somerset Council received £21 million over three years for the new initiative.
- The previous vouchers were funded by the government's Household Support Fund.
- Families that received the previous vouchers are encouraged to apply again for Easter.
