Helping you with advice & information on benefit and money issues
Getting and managing your benefits when you have responsibility for a child.
Grants at pregnancy and baby/early years/school age stages for those on certain low income benefits.
Where you have responsibility for a dependent child/young person in relevant non-advanced education/certain training.
Scotland’s Child Disability Payment opens for new applications across Scotland from 22 November 2021 it replaces the UK Government’s Disability Living Allowance for children.
For people on a low income who are responsible for a child/children.
An automatic annual payment where a child/young person has a ‘qualifying’ disability benefit.
If you decide to stay on at school/college to continue learning on a non-advanced course. EMA is a weekly payment for students who are planning to continue post-compulsory education age 16-19.
Meals for all children P1-P5, also some low income families if the criteria are met, for all school year groups.
Guardian’s Allowance if you’re bringing up a child whose parents have died.
For low income families on certain benefits, with a child/children age under 6. This will extend to children age under 16 from 14 November 2022.
Universal Credit can contain a Child Element if you are responsible for a child/children.
