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Lidl to top up value of Healthy Start Vouchers by an extra £1.15 each "We hope that it will enable parents up and down the country to access more healthy essentials to help feed their children." SIGN UP When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. OurPrivacy Noticeexplains more about how we use your data, and your rights. You can unsubscribe at any time. Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy notice Lidl GB has toda...

By Steve Farrell2020-12-18T14:42:00+00:00 Source: Lidl Lidl has committed £1m to topping up the vouchers ahead of the government’s planned increase next April Lidl has become the latest retailer to add to the value of Healthy Start vouchers in support of Marcus Rashford’s campaign against child food poverty. The vouchers, which are issued by the government to low-income families in England and Wales, are currently worth £3.10, but from January to March next year Lidl will add another £1.15. It will bring them to £4.25, the value the government is set to increase them to from April. ...

Submitting... Intended to support early years developments, the vouchers will enable parents and families that utilise the scheme and who shop in Lidl, to buy a range of healthy products outlined by the government including fresh, tinned, and frozen fruit, vegetables, and pulses, as well as milk, formula and vitamins to feed their young children. Marcus Rashford Lidl’s Healthy Start top-up initiative is the first of its kind across all British retailers and builds on the work of Marcus Rashford’s Task Force who successfully lobbied the government to increase the value of the Healthy Start...