Thousands of Nottinghamshire households will be recieving additional support to help them cover the costs of food and energy bills this winter. A one-off payment of around £100 is being given to families with children who attend county schools and are eligible for Free School Meals.
Thanks to the Government's £5.6m Household Support Fund, eligible families across the county will receive the payment either as a voucher or sent to their bank accounts in time for Christmas as Nottinghamshire County Council works to ease financial worries of residents. Of the fund granted, up to £2m will be used to help families that qualify for free school meals.
On average individual families will receive £100, which will be proportionately adjusted to help with extra food costs depending on the number of children eligible for free school meals in the household. Councillor John Cottee, the County Council’s Cabinet Member for Communities, said: “We have already written to nearly 18,000 households with children entitled to free school meals and offered them a winter support payment.
