We would like to make you aware of the holiday Free School Meal (FSM) voucher scheme that Gloucestershire County Council (GCC) is currently offering to families in Gloucestershire.
The holiday vouchers are designed to support the families of eligible children in reception to year 11 who receive Pupil Premium (income-related) free school meals and attend a school in Gloucestershire, where no other support is available. GCC are unable to consider college and sixth form students, as well as children who receive universal free school meals, as they are not eligible for this scheme.
GCC is committed to supporting families with 2 weeks of vouchers at £15 per eligible child, per week for the Summer 2024 holiday.
The other 4 weeks of the holiday are supported through the HAF programme, which provides a meal for children attending the activities they are booked onto. For more information, please ask families to visit Gloucestershire HAF where they can also sign up to the Children’s Activities Booking System (CABS). The HAF programme is a separate scheme, and vouchers cannot be issued as an alternative.
Applications for holiday FSM vouchers for Summer 2024 holiday will be open from midday 25 June 2024 until midday on 09 July 2024. GCC will be unable to accept any applications after this date. Vouchers will be distributed to families the week commencing 15 July 2024.
Families can apply to the holiday voucher scheme via the website here: Holiday free school meal vouchers | Gloucestershire County Council. Please note they check eligibility for the scheme by cross-referencing with the term-time free school meal register, so please make sure families have registered the child beforehand.
Families who have signed up previously do not need to re-register. For any families wishing to update details of an existing application, please email childrensfund@gloucestershire.gov.uk by 10 July 2024, so they can update their account before the voucher codes are issued.
If parents do not receive their vouchers by 17 July 2024, please check your spam/junk mailboxes for an email from selectcode@select-your-reward.co.uk, as well as ensure there mailbox settings allow junk mail.
To find out more about the scheme, parents can visit our FAQs | Gloucestershire County Council
