PARENTS in Bolton whose children are on free school meals will be given a £20 voucher, over the half-term period.
The announcement was made as local schools and Town Hall chiefs praised Bolton's catering service for the food parcels it has been providing to cash-strapped families during lockdown — as families elsewhere in the country shared pictures of the meagre food parcels they had received.
And it has been a very different picture in Bolton, with one headteacher sharing a food parcel put together by the team at Bolton Council — which was then topped up by a generous donation.
Jenni Willis, head of St Teresa's RC School in Little Lever, said: "We were so pleased with the boxes which came from our Bolton School Meals service and we also had a donation, which shows the whole community pulling together.