Denbighshire County Council is informing parents and guardians of arrangements being made to pay for free school meals throughout the summer holidays.
Over recent years, the council
has put in place a system where it provides payments instead of free
school meals, with £19.50 being paid to parents or guardians, per child per
week.
So far,
4,275 children are benefitting from the free school meals payments.
Councillor Gill German, Cabinet
Lead Member for Education, Children and Families, said: “When the Covid
outbreak started, the council’s catering service responded immediately to
continue to provide free school meals to those eligible and the Welsh
Government announced that funding would be available to assist those
individuals over the school holiday period.
“Denbighshire has administered
the funding on behalf of the Welsh Government and funding has been paid
directly into the bank accounts of parents and guardians. This means that
families are receiving regular payments to meet the costs of buying and
preparing meals.
“Now that the school holidays is
nearly upon us, we’re making plans to re-start the payments, with the first
payment due on July 25th. This will be followed by weekly payments,
with the last payment being made on August 30th.
“Parents and guardians who
qualify and who have received these payments will receive the monies directly
and they do not need to contact the council.
* Further information about free
school meals is available on the council’s website: www.denbighshire.gov.uk/costofliving