Support for your family

• Café Inc

  
  Cafe Inc is a free lunch club for children and young people during the school holidays.

• Debt advice

  
  Advice you need to make the right choices, including help to deal with your debt problems and get your finances back in shape

• Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA)

  
  A weekly payment of £30 for young people (16-25) from low income families who are continuing in higher or further education

• Free School Meals and School Clothing Grants

  
  We can provide free school meals and a school clothing grant if you are on a low income.

• Free School Meals for P1-5

  
  All children in primary one to primary five are entitled to free school meals, saving over £450 a year

• MyFife National Entitlement Card (NEC)

  
  Your MyFife card makes it easy to access a range of public services and facilities with only one card.

• Scottish Child Payment

  
  Scottish Child Payment helps towards the costs of supporting your family.

• Scottish Welfare Fund - Community Care Grant

  
  Support to help vulnerable people set up home, or continue to live independently within their community.

• Scottish Welfare Fund - Crisis Grant

  
  Crisis grants can help keep you and your family safe from harm in a one-off crisis, such as flood or fire or unexpected money shortage

• Support with mortgage payments

  
  Help is available to some homeowners through the Government's Support for Mortgage Interest scheme

• Tax free childcare

  
  If you use childcare, paying your approved provider via the Tax Free Childcare scheme can save you money.

• Warm Welcome locations

  
  Places to go in your community to meet up with people and stay warm

• Young Carer Grant

  
  Young Carer Grant is a yearly payment of £359.65 for young carers in Scotland aged 16, 17 or 18 years old.

• Young Person’s Free Bus Travel

  
  Free bus travel throughout Scotland for young people aged 5-21