Households with youngsters beginning faculty in South Lanarkshire this yr could possibly be eligible to use for a one-off grant.
The council is urging households to test if they're eligible for the Greatest Begin Grant Faculty Age Fee, and purposes are open for kids sufficiently old to begin major faculty.
The one-off fee of £267.65 is offered to assist at a key stage in a toddler’s life and can be utilized for something from books or arts and crafts to a brand new pair of footwear.
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The grant is offered to households who get Common Credit score, tax credit or sure advantages with youngsters born between March 1, 2017, and February 28, 2018.
Those that have deferred their youngster’s entry to high school from August 2022 to August 2023, or these homeschooling ought to nonetheless apply earlier than February 2023 or they are going to lose out on their fee. There is no such thing as a cap on the variety of youngsters in a family who can get this fee.
Chairwoman of South Lanarkshire Council’s schooling assets committee, Councillor Lynsey Hamilton, mentioned: “I'd encourage anybody who thinks they could qualify for this fee to test if they're eligible, and if that's the case to use for the grant as quickly as doable.
“It may be used for no matter your youngster wants, and I'm positive it will likely be very welcome given the rising prices so many households are going through in the mean time.”
Greatest Begin Grant Faculty Age Fee is among the Scottish Authorities’s 5 household funds administered by Social Safety Scotland. The package deal consists of Scottish Little one Fee, three Greatest Begin Grants, and Greatest Begin Meals.
From the tip of this yr, each the Greatest Begin Grant Faculty Age Fee and the Greatest Begin Early Studying Fee will likely be paid mechanically to households who get Scottish Little one Fee when their youngster is of eligible age.
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