Help with food costs while schools are closed

Replacement Free School Meal Scheme

25^th March 2020

Dear parent/carer

Help with food costs while schools are closed

As outlined in the letter sent on 19^th March, school provided parents with an interim cash payment of £20.00 per pupil to all families entitled to FSM to help subsidise the cost of food during the school closure. This payment covered a two week period from Monday 23^rd March until Friday 3^rd April until the City Council put its own system in place.

Manchester City Council has now put its own arrangements in place to support pupils eligible for FSM during this period until the Government’s national voucher scheme is in place.

To qualify families must:

• Be Manchester residents or supported by the Homelessness Service
• Meet the criteria for free school meals based on household income or due to being an asylum seeker

Parents can make an application for a FSM voucher via the Council’s welfare Provision Scheme using the link below

 https://secure.manchester.gov.uk/info/200008/benefits_and_support/6302/apply_for_a_cash_grant_if_you_are_in_financial_crisis

Ensure that you read the eligibility criteria on the webpage before applying.

The payment will be made by the following methods

• A bank transfer into a nominated bank account
• A secure text message that can be used to access cash from a range of Paypoint outlets in the city
• A voucher that can be printed and can then be exchanged for cash from a range of Paypoint outlets in the city.

Regards,

Mrs Hughes

Please see the file below on how to access replacement free school meals

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