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.
There will be no collection on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year s Day. During December more than one million bins are expected to be emptied. If your normal collection date is Christmas Day then bins will be collected on Monday, December 28. For the week beginning Monday, December 28, for those expecting collections on the Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, all collections will be one day later than normal. For those expecting collection on Thursday, December 31, collections will be on Saturday, January 2 and for those whose bins are due on New Year’s Day the collections will be on Monday, January 4. For the week commencing Monday, January 4 all collections will be one day after the normal collection day with those expecting pick ups on Friday, January 8 having a collection on Saturday, January 9.
There will be no collection on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year s Day. During December more than one million bins are expected to be emptied. If your normal collection date is Christmas Day then bins will be collected on Monday, December 28. For the week beginning Monday, December 28, for those expecting collections on the Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, all collections will be one day later than normal. For those expecting collection on Thursday, December 31, collections will be on Saturday, January 2 and for those whose bins are due on New Year’s Day the collections will be on Monday, January 4. For the week commencing Monday, January 4 all collections will be one day after the normal collection day with those expecting pick ups on Friday, January 8 having a collection on Saturday, January 9.
Clare Carr-Duff School Meals Kitchen Manager and Joanna Ashurst from Urban Outreach SPECIAL food parcels are being sent to pupils who are self-isolating as a result of the pandemic. The council s school catering service has teamed up Urban Outreach to provide the food packages to children who would normally receive school meals. The parcels are being provided and distributed by the catering service and the Bolton based charity. Deliveries began at the end of November and so far, more than 600 food parcels have already been distributed to children across the borough. Cllr Adele Warren, Executive Cabinet Member for Environmental Services Delivery, said: “It’s fantastic to see our staff working alongside a local charity during these unprecedented times to ensure children unable to attend school are still receiving a meal.”