School vouchers

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Anyone else received one? I thought all that was finished, thought it was a scam at first.

Yep, £55 for each child

I issue them from the school I work at. The LA, through the government's Winter Fund, are allocating £60 for the Xmas holidays for all FSM children and those considered vulnerable.

Our council are funding £15/pw/per child on FSM over Christmas.

Nope nothing here

We don't get the vouchers as we don't get FSM but we have a vulnerable child so we were offered the free play scheme with a meal thing. Can't remember what it's called, happy healthy holidays or something like that. I don't feel comfortable sending my dc to something like that with the covid rates so high though, maybe in the summer if they do it again.

we get both play scheme and £60 per child

Where are people that it’s £60? Round here the vouchers were only £15 per child?

Dorset

Where I live eligible people receive £45 per child under one’s, or two year old in free childcare and fsm children . Also a £50 cash out voucher.

We got a Tesco card with £40 on it. They gave it directly to DS at school today. Luckily he brought it home! We knew nothing about it.

We get £20 per child per week here. So I just got £40 from Edenred.

DS1 is still in compulsory education, but at college so not entitled to FSM anymore. I'm hoping the FSM funding system catches up to the school leaving age at some point! Along with CB not automatically being stopped when they turn 16!

And preempting the comments telling me not to complain about it. I'm not. I'm grateful we get what we do. But changing the law so dc have to stay in education for 2 extra years but not making the system catch up with it is annoying.

I just received our Bridging Payment £160 per child. This is to replace the food vouchers the FSM got, I'm in Scotland though

@TurnUpTurnip

Where are people that it’s £60? Round here the vouchers were only £15 per child?

Also Dorset (BCP Council)

Oh I see it’s £15 where I am (south London)

South East here, got £50 per child which was a nice surprise as it was £15 a week in the other holidays. I usually use it for nice snacks, drinks and ready meals for them to eat for lunch while I'm at work. Will buy a few extra Christmas treats now.

@CiaoForDiNiaoSaur

We get £20 per child per week here. So I just got £40 from Edenred.

DS1 is still in compulsory education, but at college so not entitled to FSM anymore. I'm hoping the FSM funding system catches up to the school leaving age at some point! Along with CB not automatically being stopped when they turn 16!

And preempting the comments telling me not to complain about it. I'm not. I'm grateful we get what we do. But changing the law so dc have to stay in education for 2 extra years but not making the system catch up with it is annoying.

my son when at college 16 17 18 yrs got approx £2.50 a day towards lunch from the college

yes BCP council have been very generous with it

@whatsthestory123 his college have that too. But we were declined the funding because we missed the deadline, which was sometime before we even knew he was going to college

We had £80 each for ds1 and ds2. So grateful and generous! West Midlands. Also a £15 card you can use in any local independent shop.

I've not heard anything yet but it's not end of term until Friday. It's normally £15pw here

The discrepancies between councils is mind-boggling.

You’d think there would be some degree of similarity.

That’s why I was confused, £15 for some, £60 for others that’s 4 x the amount 😐 still nothing here anyway so maybe our London Borough has stopped.

Got a message today. It's £15pw per child and the council make it sound like it's doing people a massive favour.

@luverlybubberly I know, we normally get £15 a week, but...we don't live in a struggling community to be honest. It's a West Midlands rural place. I don't know why our money (vouchers) were so big.

Does anyone know if they give them to children in reception? Just got ours today but missing one child out?