Families in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, can get help buying food this February half-term through a council scheme that provides supermarket vouchers for eligible children.
Peterborough City Council will send a £10 voucher to roughly 13,000 eligible children on Saturday 14 February 2026. The support is for children receiving income-based free school meals, children qualifying for Early Years support (for example funded 2-year-old places or Early Years Pupil Premium), and certain post-16 students who meet Department for Education criteria (for example, 16–18-year-olds eligible for free school meals, some 19+ ‘continuers’, and 19–25-year-olds with an Education, Health and Care Plan who access a bursary or free school meals).
Vouchers will arrive automatically by text or email via the Evouchers platform (messages typically arrive from ‘Evouchers’ / [email protected]); the Evouchers system is operated by Wonde Ltd. Vouchers can be spent at major retailers including Aldi, Asda, Tesco, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s, Iceland, Waitrose, M&S, B&M and Farmfoods. Most families who are already on the council’s records do not need to apply, but some early-years families may need to register via their provider or the council. Parents are advised to check junk email folders for messages from ‘Evouchers’ and to wait until Sunday 15 February 2026 before contacting the council about missing vouchers.
Funding for the scheme comes from the Department for Work and Pensions’ Household Support Fund, the government grant that councils are using to help households with the cost of living during school holidays when free school meals are not available.
Vouchers must be claimed by 9:00pm on Sunday 15 March 2026, after which they will become invalid. If parents have problems accessing vouchers they should contact [email protected] or [email protected] for technical help.
The council and local reporting say the scheme provides vital short-term support: “The supermarket voucher scheme has helped thousands of vulnerable families in Peterborough and I’m delighted that once again we can continue to offer it during this month’s half-term break,” said Cllr Katy Cole, Cabinet Member for Children’s Services.
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