The total number of children expected to benefit from Glasgow’s summer holiday food programme is 2000 less than last year according to councillors who have voiced their frustration about the delay in funds from the Scottish Government.
Last year the Scottish Government awarded the city council more than £1.6 million to fund the summer holiday food programme but the local authority is still waiting to hear what if any funding will be made available to them this year to run the scheme.
Glasgow’s budget meeting this year saw £500,000 set aside for the scheme and as a result of the delay from Holyrood, around £1.1 million has been identified from the education budget to carry forward into summer 2023.
