'This is affecting every family in Northern Ireland' - Parents and a headteacher say the axing of 'holiday hunger' payments for children entitled to free school meals is a blow.
In Northern Ireland, the executive decided in July 2020
But the department said that from 1 April "additional ringfenced funding has ended and therefore school holiday food grants can no longer be made". "Families have become accustomed to the funding, they use it in terms of their financial planning in their daily meals and heating of homes," he added. "This is the front edge of what will be an exceptionally difficult financial year and possibly beyond that."The department has also said it can no longer fund a mental health and counselling programme for children in primary schools called Happy Healthy Minds.
Alan Law, its assistant secretary, described the timing of the announcement just days before the Easter holiday period as "abhorrent".
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