If you need assistance with getting food we can help.
If you are struggling to pay for food for yourself and your family, there are a number of options.
You may find using food apps a useful way of saving money with food bills.
The BBC have a useful guide to apps to help you cut food waste and save cash.
If you receive benefits or have a low income, your child may be eligible for free school meals.
Families with children in receipt of free school meals will receive a supermarket voucher for each child during the school holidays. This is being funded by the government’s Household Support Fund.
The scheme enables families to be able to purchase food over the holidays to replace the meals a child would have received during a school day. The voucher provides a great choice to families as they can be used in:
If you have already registered your child and they are entitled to free school meals in Solihull, you will automatically receive your voucher and do not need to contact us.
Families who are in receipt of benefit-related free school meals are also eligible to book school aged children, from reception to year 11, into HAF funded activities. Activities are free to access and include enjoyable activities and a healthy meal.
They will run during Easter, summer, and Christmas school holidays.
If you’re more than ten weeks pregnant or have a child under four years old, you may be entitled to get help to buy healthy food and milk.
A foodbank is for anyone in crisis, who does not have enough money to buy food for themselves or their family.
When you use a foodbank, you will be given enough food to feed yourself and your household for at least three days.
The following food banks in Solihull are supported by the Household Support Fund, funded by the Department for Work and Pensions:
Helping Hands is an emergency food bank service who can deliver emergency food parcels to those in crisis.
Food parcel delivery times are between 12.00pm-4.00pm Monday - Friday, excluding Bank Holidays.
Helping Hands work on a referral basis only, if you or someone you know need to access this service, please call Solihull Council on 0121 704 8001 to request a referral.
We Care UK provides an emergency “out of hours” food parcel delivery service to support those who are facing an emergency or crisis.
Food parcel delivery times are anytime between 5.00pm to 10.00pm.
If you or someone you know need to use this service, please call Solihull Council on 0121 704 8001.
Vouchers can be obtained through school support workers and agencies e.g.: