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You can apply if your child attends a school in East Renfrewshire and you receive a qualifying benefit.

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You can apply if your child attends a school in East Renfrewshire and you receive a qualifying benefit.

For the academic year 2022 to 2023, the amount of clothing grant you can get is £120 per primary school child and £150 per secondary school child.

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Young people aged 5 to 21, who live in Scotland for at least 6 months a year, can apply for a free bus pass. You can use this to travel on most bus services in Scotland for free.

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Best Start Foods is a prepaid card that can be used in shops or online to buy healthy foods like milk or fruit.

The payments you can get now will depend on:

how far along in your pregnancy you are

how old your child is

Best Start Foods is a prepaid card that you can use to buy healthy foods. You can use the card in shops and online.

You can apply for Best Start Foods when you're pregnant, or any time up to your child turning 3 years old. The payments of Best Start Foods are:

£18 every 4 weeks during pregnancy

£36 every 4 weeks from your child being born, up until they're 1 year old

£18 every 4 weeks when your child is aged between 1 and 3 years old

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Scottish Child Payment helps towards the costs of supporting your family. It's a weekly payment of £25 that you can get for every child you look after who's under 16 years of age. You'll get the payment every 4 weeks if your application is successful.

You can apply whether you're in work or not, if you or your partner are getting one or more of the following benefits:

Universal Credit

Child Tax Credit

Working Tax Credit

income-based Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA)

Social Security Scotland also accept claims if you alone are named on one of these benefits:

Pension Credit

Income Support

income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)

If your partner is named on any of the above 3 benefits and you are not, your partner should apply.

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If you get free school meals or a clothing grant, you may also be eligible for extra funded childcare for any pre school children.

2 year olds in families who qualify can get 1140 hours of free early learning and childcare.

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If you've resettled in East Renfrewshire from Ukraine under the family support or a sponsorship scheme, you'll be eligible for clothing grant and free school meals.  You can apply online or email if you need any support at  CGFSMapply@eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk.

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Education Maintenance Allowance is a weekly payment of £30 to help support a student in education beyond the school leaving age of 16.

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Best Start Grant and Best Start Foods are payments that help towards the costs of being pregnant or looking after a child. They’re part of the 5 family payments you may be able to get from Social Security Scotland, along with Scottish Child Payment.

Best Start Grant is made up of 3 one-off payments:

Pregnancy and Baby Payment - helps with the costs of having a baby. You can apply for this payment during pregnancy to help prepare for your baby's arrival, or after your baby is born.

Early Learning Payment - a payment of £267.65 per child to help with the costs of early learning. You can get the payment when your child is aged between 2 years old and 3 years and 6 months old. To get this payment your child does not need to go to nursery.

School Age Payment - a payment of £267.65 per child. It helps with the costs of preparing for school when your child is first old enough to start primary school.

You may be able to get Best Start Gran if all of the following apply:

you live in Scotland

you or your partner are getting certain benefits or tax credits

you or your partner are pregnant, or are the main person looking after a baby or child who's the right age for a payment

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