Lone Parents and Families
There are many benefits available to families and lone parents,
if they meet the qualifying criteria. These include:
- Budgeting Loans
- Childcare costs (Lone Parents only)
- Employment Support Allowance
- Income Support
- In Work Credit (Lone Parents only)
- Job Grant
- Jobseekers Allowance
- New Deal for Lone Parents (Lone Parents only)
- SureStart Maternity Grants
To see if you qualify and how to apply visit the Jobcentre Plus website.
Child Benefit
For details of whether you qualify and how to claim Child
Benefit visit the Direct Gov website.
Child Tax Credits and Working Tax
Credits. You don’t need to have a child to claim Working Tax
Credit and you don’t need to be working to claim Child Tax Credit.
For details on whether you qualify and how to claim visit the
Tax Credits website.
Child Trust Fund. This is a government funded long-term tax free
savings and investment account for children born after the
1/9/2002. For more details visit the Child Trust Fund
website.
Housing and Council Tax Benefits
These can help towards the cost of your rent and council tax
bills. For more details visit the Housing Benefit section of this website.
Other Help and Support
Council Tax Discounts may be available to you if you meet
certain criteria. For more details, see Council
Tax Discounts and exemptions.
Horizon's Education Fund (Lone Parents only)
The fund can provide financial help to support lone parents to
improve their employment prospects. It can provide help
towards tutorial and examination fees, books, travel, childcare and
computer equipment and software to qualifying students.
For more details, visit www.family-action.org.uk
Housing grants and schemes
Depending on your circumstances, you may be entitled to a range
of housing grants and schemes. These include:
- Energy Efficiency Grants
- Home Improvement Agency
- Housing Grants
- Knowsley Warm Streets
- Renovation Grants and Warm Front Grant
For more details visit Housing
Grants and Schemes.
SureStart Children's Centres
SureStart Children’s Centres provide services such as: child and
family health care, early education and childcare, holiday care,
parent outreach, family support and more.
For details of the services visit Childcare and Children’s Centres