The mayor's office said the emergency funding was set to run for 12 months. The Felix Project, a charity that works to reduce food waste, will also receive investment to expand its ready-made and cook-at-home meal provision during school holidaysIt follows similar schemes by London councils in Newham, Islington, Southwark and Tower Hamlets to offer free school meals to primary or secondary school pupils, alongside a free school meal scheme for primary pupils launched by the mayor of London last month. I hope it will help low-income families to reduce the ever-increasing pressure on their budgets," she said