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Eligibility Criteria

Funded by the Department for Education, the Bring it on Brum! programme offers funded holiday clubs or activity places over the school holidays to children who are in receive benefits-related free school meals.

You must be in receipt of one of the below benefits to be eligible for free school meals for your child/children:

  • Income Support
  • Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance
  • Income-related Employment and Support Allowance
  • Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
  • The guaranteed element of Pension Credit
  • Child Tax Credit (provided you’re not also entitled to Working Tax Credit and have an annual gross income of no more than £16,190)
  • Working Tax Credit run-on – paid for 4 weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit
  • Universal Credit – if you apply on or after 1 April 2018 your household income must be less than £7,400 a year (after tax and not including any benefits you get)

If your child is eligible for free school meals, they’ll remain eligible until they finish that phase of schooling (primary or secondary).

All eligible families should have received their FSM/ HAF/ BIOB code from their child’s school before the holidays. If you are unsure if you are eligible, or have not yet received your code, please contact your child’s school.