Please find below a message from Cheshire East Council regarding Household Support Vouchers for October Half Term
“The Department for Work and Pensions have recently notified local authorities that the Household Support Fund has been extended to March 2023, meaning that families can continue to get help with their living costs.
Following this news, Cheshire East Council has directly consulted with families who have received supermarket vouchers every holiday period with the help of schools, colleges, early years settings and other family support services across the borough. A survey of eligible families told us that they would prefer to have one larger payment of supermarket vouchers rather than several smaller voucher payments between now and March 2023.
Please note, that this proposal means that there will be no vouchers issued for October half term. We would be grateful if you could help us by sharing this information with your eligible families. If the new funding arrangements are agreed by our elected members in November, a single larger voucher payment will be sent to all schools, colleges, early years settings and other family support services to distribute to their children and young people who are in receipt of income related free school meals. The vouchers will be sent to you in December in advance of the Christmas 2022 school holidays”
Please direct any queries to Cheshire East Council on 0300 123 5012.