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Money Matters: How you might be affected

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  1. You are here: If you have a child or children
  2. If you are on a low income
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If you have a child or children

Support for Education

  • Apply for free school meals
  • Buying a school uniform
  • Healthy Holidays
  • Free early education (2,3 & 4 year-olds) and 300 hours free childcare
  • School Transport
  • Transport assistance for children and young people with additional needs

Child Benefit

  • Claim Child Benefit
  • Child Benefit when your child turns 16
  • Child Benefit tax calculator
  • High Income Child Benefit Tax Charge

Support for disabled children

  • Disability Living Allowance (DLA) for children
  • Help if you have a disabled child
  • Disabled Facilities Grants

Help with childcare costs

  • Get childcare: step by step
  • Help paying for childcare
  • Childcare Grant
  • Care to Learn

Other support

  • Healthy Start
  • Guardian's Allowance
  • Parents' Learning Allowance
  • Support visits if you need help to claim benefits

Time off and pay when you have or adopt a child

  • Maternity pay and leave
  • Maternity Allowance
  • Sure Start Maternity Grant
  • Paternity pay and leave
  • Shared Parental Leave and Pay
  • Adoption pay and leave
  • Unpaid parental leave
  • Next page: If you are on a low income

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