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Black Lives Matter in Lewisham

A message form Pinaki Ghoshal, Lewisham’s Executive Director for Children and Young People and Angela Scattergood, Director of Education.

The Mayor of Lewisham, Damien Egan has published a statement on behalf of Lewisham Council in response to the killing of George Floyd in the United States. You can read the full statement here: https://lewisham.gov.uk/articles/news/black-lives-matter-in-lewisham

We believe that our schools and settings are key to tackling racism and other forms of discrimination. We will support all Lewisham schools and settings in their commitment to standing against racism and injustice, alongside and in solidarity with the local and global Black community.

How might a child be eligible for FSM or Pupil Premium Funding?

A child may be eligible to receive the Pupil Premium Grant/Free School Meals if the parent and carer receives any of the following

• Income Support
• Income-based Jobseekers Allowance
• Income-related Employment and Support Allowance
• Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
• the guaranteed element of State 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

Children under the compulsory school age who are in full time education may also be able to get Pupil Premium Grant/Free School Meals.

What is pupil premium and who is eligible for it?

Pupil Premium is funding from the Government to help the school address the current national underlying inequalities between children eligible for free school meals (FSM) and their peers. The funding is to ensure that provision is in place for those disadvantaged children who need it most.

Since the introduction of Free School Meals for Reception, Year 1 and Year 2, these children may miss out on this additional funding. We do encourage parents to complete online Free-School-Meals  application, if they think they may be eligible, even if they do not need to claim a free meal. Please call the school office 0208 697 2762 if you would like assistance with your online application or more information.

We are delighted to let you know that we successfully applied to the Tesco Community Grants Scheme for funding to support our Foodbank. This will be put forward to a customer vote in Tesco stores.  Voting will commence in stores from 1st October and continue to 31st December 2021.

We are one of three projects and the project with the highest number of votes will receive £1,500 , the second placed project £1,000, and the third placed project £500.

Please see below a list of Tesco stores taking part in the voting.

GROVE PARK EXPRESS            SE12 0DU   Express

LEWISHAM                                  SE13 7PY    Superstore

LOAMPIT VALE EXPRESS       SE13 7TG    Express

DOWNHAM BROMLY RD EXP    BR1 4PB     Express

HITHER GREEN LANE EXP     SE13 6UR    Express

To check the location of any of the above stores, please go to the Tesco website here: http://www.tesco.com/store-locator/uk

To vote, you will need to make a purchase within store of any value. You will receive one token per transaction and it’s not necessary to purchase a carrier bag in order to receive a token.

Do:

– Cast your vote as soon as you receive your token for a project in the current voting round

– Only submit Community Grants tokens to cast your vote If you tweet, don’t forget to use #communitygrants and tag @groundworkUK or @greenspacescot and @Tesco or @Tesconews to alert the community about the voting for our cause.

Thank you