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Bookings are open for 70 children’s Easter activity centres

Posted on March 18, 2023 by insidecroydon

The Easter holidays will see more than 70 activity clubs operate across the borough, offering free places for children and young people in receipt of free school meals. Backed with a £350,000 grant from Government, the clubs are being run … Continue reading →

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Khan guarantees London primaries free school meals for a year

Posted on February 21, 2023 by insidecroydon

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has announced an historic £130million emergency scheme to help families with the spiralling cost of living by ensuring that every primary school pupil in London will receive free school meals in the next academic … Continue reading →

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Summer’s lunch and activity clubs available for children

Posted on July 25, 2021 by insidecroydon

Thousands of Croydon children who qualify for free school meals can sign up for free activity clubs offering healthy meals over the summer holidays. Open to children aged from five to 16, Croydon’s programme is on offer at more than … Continue reading →

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Thousands of families helped by £657,000 holiday club fund

Posted on May 9, 2019 by insidecroydon

Croydon Council has managed to make a successful bid for government funding, with a £657,000 award announced yesterday towards a scheme to provide free summer holiday activity clubs and healthy meals for children from some of the borough’s poorest families. … Continue reading →

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