Fair Frome is helping to share news of a new Easter Holiday Family Support Fund from Citizens Advice Somerset, offering supermarket vouchers to support families with food costs over the Easter break.
From Monday 23 March, families across Somerset whose children receive free school meals and who are struggling to afford food over the holidays can apply for £20 supermarket vouchers per eligible child. Applicants will need to provide evidence that their child is in receipt of free school meals and that the family is currently in food need. Full details of how to apply are available on the Citizens Advice Somerset website at https://citizensadvicesomerset.org.uk/ehfs/
If you live in Frome or the surrounding BA11 area and are worried about food, Fair Frome can also support you with emergency food parcels and fresh food vouchers through our Food Bank. Our parcels are tailored where possible to specific needs, and can include fresh produce, fruit and vegetable vouchers and items for babies and children. To access the Food Bank you will usually need a referral from a local agency such as your child’s school, Health Connections Mendip or Citizens Advice Somerset, but if you are unsure what to do please contact us at Fair Frome and we will try to help.
Families are encouraged to apply to the Easter Holiday Family Support Fund as soon as possible and to contact Fair Frome if they need additional support with food or other essentials during the school holidays.