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Halifax YMCA provide free school uniforms for many of the schools throughout Calderdale, and no referral is needed. They are open Monday 10am – 2pm, Thursday and Friday from 10am to 4pm, and Saturday from 10am to 12 noon.
Zarach provide children with a free ‘Zarach bed bundle’, which includes a brand-new Bed, Mattress, Duvet, Pillow, Bed Sheets, Pyjamas and Hygiene Kit. They take referrals from schools or organisations. For more information, visit their website.
If clients are more than 10 weeks pregnant or have a child under 4, they may be entitled to get help to buy healthy food and milk.
You can use your card to buy:
You can also use your card to collect: Healthy Start vitamins and vitamin drops for babies and young children – these are suitable from birth to 4 years old.
In Calderdale, children are eligible for free school meals if their parents or guardians get certain support payments.
Free School Meals should be applied for even if the child is entitled to Universal Free School Meals. (In reception, Year 1 or 2).
In Calderdale, children are eligible for free school meals if their parents or guardians get certain support payments.
Free School Meals should be applied for even if the child is entitled to Universal Free School Meals. (In reception, Year 1 or 2).
The Healthy Holidays programme is for children from reception to year 11 who receive Free School meals. There are also some subsidised places for other specific groups of children.
It runs over Christmas, Easter and Summer School Holidays and aims to make sure children enjoy healthy and nutritious meals, whilst keeping a healthy level of physical activity.
Children who attend develop a greater understanding of food, nutrition and other health-related issues, whilst taking part in fun activities.
To find more funding and grant options, visit the Funding and Grants webpage.
Cost of Living and Anti-Poverty Newsletter: A mixture of headlines both locally and nationally of current events, news, guideline updates, and more. To sign up, email antipovertyaction@calderdale.gov.uk with ‘Subscribe – Newsletter’ as the subject line.
Cost of Living Catch-up: A Calderdale focused newsletter with funding opportunities, events, local news, and a section on Families and Children. To sign up, email tia.metcalfe@cvac.org.uk.
To update information on your service or get in touch, please contact tia.metcalfe@cvac.org.uk.
