SCHOOL Clothing Grant Applications Being AcceptedCLOTHING grant applications are now being accepted for the 2020/21 school term, with Inverclyde Council offering enhanced financial support to families.
The statutory payment in Scotland is £100 but the local authority will provide £145 to parents and carers of children who receive free school meals.
Those who received a grant last term do not have to reapply and will be automatically enrolled.
Payments will be paid into the bank account the free school meal grant is currently deposited into.
Those wishing to apply can check with eligibility criteria and download an application form via the council website.
Councillor Jim Clocherty, convener of education and communities, said: “We want to ensure parents and children in Inverclyde have the best possible start to the new term and that’s why we’re offering enhanced financial support to families.
“School uniforms can be costly and put an extra strain on household incomes particularly at a time when many people’s finances have been adversely affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
“We hope the additional funding for the Inverclyde clothing grant will lift a weight off the shoulders of parents and carers and I encourage anyone whose financial situation has changed and who thinks they may be eligible to apply now.”
