By Steve Farrell2020-12-18T14:42:00+00:00
Source: Lidl
Lidl has committed £1m to topping up the vouchers ahead of the government’s planned increase next April
Lidl has become the latest retailer to add to the value of Healthy Start vouchers in support of Marcus Rashford’s campaign against child food poverty.
The vouchers, which are issued by the government to low-income families in England and Wales, are currently worth £3.10, but from January to March next year Lidl will add another £1.15.
It will bring them to £4.25, the value the government is set to increase them to from April.
The discounter has committed £1m to topping up the vouchers in the meantime, from 4 January until the end of March.
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Intended to support early years developments, the vouchers will enable parents and families that utilise the scheme and who shop in Lidl, to buy a range of healthy products outlined by the government including fresh, tinned, and frozen fruit, vegetables, and pulses, as well as milk, formula and vitamins to feed their young children.
Marcus Rashford
Lidl’s Healthy Start top-up initiative is the first of its kind across all British retailers and builds on the work of Marcus Rashford’s Task Force who successfully lobbied the government to increase the value of the Healthy Start vouchers from April of next year.