Please see below the amended information regarding the two different schemes that Gloucestershire County Council will be offering for Free School Meal support this summer.

Offer 1: Holiday Free School Meal vouchers

For the first and last week of the summer holiday only (26th – 30th July, and 30th August – 3rd September), parents who have signed up for holiday free school meal vouchers form the County Council will receive their voucher worth £15 per child per week to spend in a chosen supermarket.

A voucher for both weeks will be sent to you between the 14th to 16th July. You do not need to sign up to receive this voucher if you have received them in previous school holidays. This scheme is funded by grant monies.

For more information and to sign up if you haven't already please visit their website:

https://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/holiday-school-meal-vouchers/

Offer 2: Holiday Activity and Food Programme (HAF)

Between the 2nd August and 27th August, they are co-ordinating the Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) Programme in partnership with district councils, the voluntary sector and other organisations. This programme is funded by the Department for Education (DfE).

This is a four-week programme face-to-face activities in your local area, plus more virtual activities online, with daily meals or food kits being offered dependant on what is available in your district. Each district area (Cheltenham, Cotswolds, Forest of Dean, Gloucester, Stroud and Tewkesbury) will have its own separate section on our website for you to find what is happening in your area.

This July, there will be a leaflet with further information on the HAF scheme that will be distributed to all schools in the Gloucestershire area for children to take home. You must sign up to this programme in order to take part, and they will inform you and schools when applications open. For now, please take a look at the HAF website which contains further information about the programme.

If you do not sign up to the HAF programme, you will not receive vouchers instead.

To make sure you know when and how to make the most of the HAF Programme, sign up to the newsletter.

If you have any queries please contact: childrensfund@gloucestershire.gov.uk