A FOOD voucher scheme has been set up to help feed families over the half-term. An additional £203,627 of funding from the government’s Covid Local Support Grant scheme has enabled Brighton and Hove City Council to help families with their food bills. The council is expecting to issue more than 9,000 vouchers, valued at £25 per child, to families. The vouchers will be usable until June 20 and can be used in supermarkets such as Asda, Aldi, Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Morrisons and Iceland over the next half term. People who will receive the vouchers are those who are eligible for free school meals, using a Children’s Centre food bank, families with no recourse to public funds and vulnerable children who require support.
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