Increase your income

• Best Start Grant and Best Start Foods

  
  How to apply for the School Age Payment, Early Learning Payment, Pregnancy and Baby Payment and a prepaid card to buy healthy food.

• Carer's Allowance

  
  You may be eligible for Carer’s Allowance if you, the person you care for and the type of care you provide meets certain criteria.

• 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.

• Help with your Council Tax

  
  Discover a range of reductions, exemptions and discounts you might be entitled to

• Housing Benefit, Discretionary Housing Payment and Benefit Cap

  
  Criteria and how to apply for help with housing costs if you are a tenant.

• Pension Credit

  
  You could get extra money to help with your living costs if you’re over State Pension age and on a low income: even if you have savings or own your own home.

• Rent Support Fund

  
  The council have allocated £1 million to support council tenants who pay rent charges. These funds will give tenants, who qualify, a one-off payment of £75 into their rent account.

• Scottish Child Payment

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

• 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.

• Universal Credit

  
  Universal Credit is a payment to help with your living costs. You may be able to get it if you’re on a low income, out of work or you cannot work.

• 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.