Issue - decisions
Covid Winter Grant Scheme
10/02/2021 - Covid Winter Grant Scheme
Free School Meal (FSM) vouchers will be
distributed to children and young people in receipt of benefit
related FSM to the value of £15.00 per child per week to
cover Christmas 2020/21 holidays. The vouchers will be distributed
by the Edenred portal which will be operated by schools.
Care Leavers will be issued vouchers via the Edenred portal
administered by the Local Authority.
The remainder of the grant will be distributed to families with and
without children who will apply for support through the Citizens
Advice (CAB) or front door. The CAB will assess the applicant and
make a recommendation to Wokingham Borough Council (WBC) for
support. The payment to the applicant will be processed by WBC.
Food vouchers will be issued through the Edenred portal and fuel
vouchers through the Post Office pay it now scheme.