Message from Sandwell Education Benefits Team

Food voucher scheme – May Half-term holiday 2025 

We’ve had questions from schools and parents/carers about arrangements for Free School Meals food vouchers over the May Half-term week holiday. As decisions have still yet to be made on if, or when, we will continue to fund supermarket vouchers for children in receipt of benefit-related Free School Meals from the Household Support Fund money the authority has received, this means no vouchers will be issued for the May Half-term Holiday. 

We will update schools and our website when decisions on the future funding of the vouchers have been made. If parents are struggling and need extra financial support during the school holidays, help and advice is available, which includes financial advice on our Supporting Sandwell information hub, www.sandwell.gov.uk/supportingsandwell

Education Benefits & Transport