| Search keywords Search Home Care Early years and childcare Household Support Grant: Information for Parents and Carers Household Support Grant: Information for Parents and Carers The Department for work and Pensions (DWP) has launched a new Household Support Grant which replaces the Covid Local Support Grant. Nottinghamshire County Council will be providing funding for supermarket vouchers for children and young people eligible for free school meals or relevant funded childcare. This will include October half term and the Christmas holidays 2021. Each eligible child will be entitled to a supermarket voucher worth £30 (to cover the two week half term period) Who is eligible? Children and young people claiming free school meals 2 year olds accessing funded childcare 3 and 4 year olds in receipt of Early Years Pupil Premium Eligible children and families will be contacted by their school, alternative education provider, College, or early years provider and will be issued a voucher to cover the October half term holiday. If you believe your child is eligible for a voucher please contact your education provider directly as they will need to request this on your behalf Parents and Carers have until 30th November 2021 to activate the voucher. Vouchers will not be available on request by professionals as there is insufficient funding to allow for this. If you are in urgent need of support, you may be able to access support through the Nottinghamshire Coronavirus Community Support Hub. To speak to a customer service representative about this, you can call: 0300 500 8080 (open 8am to 5pm, Monday to Friday). Additional help and support Nottinghamshire Coronavirus Community Support Hub Notts Help Yourself: financial and legal advice The Money Advice Service: free and impartial money advice Citizens Advice Money Sorted Money Advice: Notts Help Yourself Work and Volunteering: Notts Help Yourself Meal and Recipe Ideas for Families We have worked with the School Meals Service and ‘Your Health, Your Way’ to create some recipe cards and meal ideas that could be shared with families. Please use these if parents are struggling with ideas for healthy low cost meals. Meal planner and recipe ideas [PDF] Beef Keema [JPG] Beef Keema (web page version) Cheesy parsnip soup [JPG] Cheesy parsnip soup (web page version) Chicken Casserole [JPG] Chicken Casserole (web page version) Pizza Chicken [JPG] Pizza Chicken (web page version) Potato onion and cheese bake [JPG] Potato onion and cheese bake (web page version) Sausage pasta [JPG] Sausage pasta (web page version) Shepherd's Pie [JPG] Shepherd's Pie (web page version) Share this page? Facebook Twitter Print Email Related Early years and childcare Nottinghamshire Coronavirus Community Support Hub Money - Notts Help Yourself Work and Volunteering - Notts Help Yourself Financial and legal advice - Notts Help Yourself Latest news Winter social care recruitment drive County Hall lights up against gender-based violence Health Scrutiny chair calls for public inquiry into maternity services at NUH ? County council working to protect taxpayers’ money against fraudsters See all news and media information Contact us Send an enquiry to our customer service team or speak to us face-to-face. Contact us online Call us Visit us in person Download our MyNotts app Easy access to Council services while you're on the move. Accessibility Privacy Copyright How we use Cookies Copyright © Nottinghamshire County Council 2021 We use cookies on our website. By using our site you agree that we can store and access cookies on your device. Read our cookie policy. Accept cookies