Is Your Child Entitled to Free School Meals? / A Oes Gan Eich Plentyn Hawl i Brydau Ysgol Am Ddim?

Ysgol Calon Cymru is aware, especially in these uncertain times for families, that some of our parents and carers are struggling financially. We’d like to remind our parents and carers that free school meals are available to those that qualify.

If you are on a low income, Powys County Council can help you with the cost of school meals for any pupil in full time education. For your child to receive free school meals in a Powys school, you must be entitled to just one of the following:

  1. Income Support

  2. Jobseeker's Allowance (Income Based)

  3. State Pension Guaranteed Credit

  4. Support under the Immigration and Asylum Act as an Asylum Seeker

  5. Employment and Support Allowance (Income Based)

  6. Child Tax Credit (this is as long as you are not getting an amount for childcare paid with your CTC, or getting Working Tax Credit. HM Revenue & Customs must also have worked out your household income as £16,190 a year or less)

  7. Universal Credit (as long as your annual net earnings are £7400 or less)

  8. Working Tax Credit 'run-on' payment for four weeks after stopping work or reducing working hours to under 16 hours a week.

Still not sure if you qualify? Powys County Council have set up a dedicated Covid-19 Helpline for Powys residents, where you can find out about grants and reliefs, benefits and awards, managing your money and debt advice, and other help and support. The telephone number is 01597 826345, and the line is open each day between 9am and 1pm.

Mae Ysgol Calon Cymru yn ymwybodol, yn enwedig yn yr amseroedd ansicr hyn i deuluoedd, fod rhai o'n rhieni a'n gofalwyr yn ei chael hi'n anodd yn ariannol. Hoffem atgoffa ein rhieni a'n gofalwyr fod prydau ysgol am ddim ar gael i'r rhai sy'n gymwys.

Os ydych ar incwm isel, gall Cyngor Sir Powys eich helpu gyda chost prydau ysgol i unrhyw ddisgybl mewn addysg amser llawn. Er mwyn i'ch plentyn dderbyn prydau ysgol am ddim mewn ysgol Powys, rhaid bod gennych hawl i ddim ond un o'r canlynol:

  1. Cymorth Incwm

  2. Lwfans Ceisio Gwaith (Seiliedig ar Incwm)

  3. Credyd Gwarantedig Pensiwn y Wladwriaeth

  4. Cefnogaeth o dan y Ddeddf Mewnfudo a Lloches fel Ceisiwr Lloches

  5. Lwfans Cyflogaeth a Chefnogaeth (Seiliedig ar Incwm)

  6. Credyd Treth Plant (mae hyn cyn belled nad ydych yn cael swm am ofal plant a delir gyda'ch CTC, neu'n cael Credyd Treth Gweithio. Rhaid i Refeniw a Thollau EM hefyd fod wedi cyfrifo incwm eich cartref fel £16,190 y flwyddyn neu lai)

  7. Credyd Cynhwysol (cyhyd â bod eich enillion net blynyddol yn £7400 neu lai)

  8. Taliad 'rhedeg-ymlaen' Credyd Treth Gweithio am bedair wythnos ar ôl rhoi'r gorau i weithio neu leihau oriau gwaith i lai na 16 awr yr wythnos.

Dal ddim yn siŵr a ydych chi'n gymwys? Mae Cyngor Sir Powys wedi sefydlu Llinell Gymorth Covid-19 bwrpasol ar gyfer preswylwyr Powys, lle gallwch ddarganfod am grantiau a rhyddhadau, budd-daliadau a dyfarniadau, rheoli eich cyngor ar arian a dyled, a chymorth a chefnogaeth arall. Y rhif ffôn yw 01597 826345, ac mae'r llinell ar agor bob dydd rhwng 9yb ac 1yp.

Matthew Morris