The Education Welfare Service holds a small amount of money to be used for pupils within South Gloucestershire who are in financial difficulty. We only have a small amount of money for these grants. We have therefore had to enforce strict criteria for the allocation of clothing grants and school uniforms.
The criteria are:
- The applicant must be in receipt of income support or
- In receipt of Income-Based Jobseekers Allowance (IBJSA) or
- In receipt of support under part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act of 1999 or
- In receipt of child tax credit, provided you are not entitled to working tax credit and have an annual income as assessed by the Inland Revenue that does not exceed £15,575
In addition one of the following must also apply:
- There has been a fire, theft or flood
- Homeless families - for example parent leaving home due to domestic violence
- Medical condition - for example obesity, extreme growth, children with enuresis or soiling problems
- Bereavement - loss of a parent
- Conditions of extreme poverty - such as situations where families are at risk of being made homeless, suffering high debts etc.
- Reconstituted families - like where a child returns to live with one parent and financial difficulties arise (child may arrive with no clothing)
Further information
If you wish to make enquiries about an essential clothing grant please contact the education welfare service on 01454 863377.