Families of children in receipt of free school meals will receive a supermarket voucher worth £15 per week, the Local Democracy Reporting Service said.
During the meeting, Councillor Victoria Cusworth said: “It is a real peace of mind for parents, because they don’t have any more money in the school holidays than they have when the children are in school.”
The council will also allocate £950,000 to top up local council tax support, which will reduce bills for more than 14,000 low-income households.
Half a million pounds will fund the council’s energy crisis support scheme, offering one-off £250 energy grants to more than 2,000 households, and £90,000 will be used to support young care leavers with the costs of food and energy.
A further £60,000 will be spent on helping local voluntary and community groups to distribute food hampers and support over Christmas and New Year, and £100,000 will go towards distributing household essentials to 4,000 households via food banks, social supermarkets, and community programmes.
