{"id":11996,"date":"2024-06-13T09:09:51","date_gmt":"2024-06-13T09:09:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/CalsideCourier\/?p=11996"},"modified":"2024-06-13T09:11:11","modified_gmt":"2024-06-13T09:11:11","slug":"free-school-meals-and-clothing-grants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/CalsideCourier\/2024\/06\/13\/free-school-meals-and-clothing-grants\/","title":{"rendered":"Free School Meals and Clothing Grants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/CalsideCourier\/uploads\/sites\/2894\/2024\/06\/13090930\/school-meals-and-clothing-grants-socials_original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"11997\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/CalsideCourier\/2024\/06\/13\/free-school-meals-and-clothing-grants\/school-meals-and-clothing-grants-socials_original\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/CalsideCourier\/uploads\/sites\/2894\/2024\/06\/13090930\/school-meals-and-clothing-grants-socials_original.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"945,531\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"school-meals-and-clothing-grants-socials_original\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/CalsideCourier\/uploads\/sites\/2894\/2024\/06\/13090930\/school-meals-and-clothing-grants-socials_original-300x169.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/CalsideCourier\/uploads\/sites\/2894\/2024\/06\/13090930\/school-meals-and-clothing-grants-socials_original.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11997\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/CalsideCourier\/uploads\/sites\/2894\/2024\/06\/13090930\/school-meals-and-clothing-grants-socials_original.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"945\" height=\"531\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/CalsideCourier\/uploads\/sites\/2894\/2024\/06\/13090930\/school-meals-and-clothing-grants-socials_original.jpg 945w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/CalsideCourier\/uploads\/sites\/2894\/2024\/06\/13090930\/school-meals-and-clothing-grants-socials_original-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/CalsideCourier\/uploads\/sites\/2894\/2024\/06\/13090930\/school-meals-and-clothing-grants-socials_original-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 945px) 100vw, 945px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1 align=\"center\">Free School Meals and School Clothing Grants \u2013 2024\u201325 Academic Year<\/h1>\n<p align=\"left\"><b>Assessments for Free School Meals and School Clothing Grants (FSM-SCG) begin this week.<\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">We are assessing applications for FSM-SCG and parents\/guardians whose household meets all of the following criteria should begin receiving their SCG payment for their child or children from Monday 10 June:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You are in receipt of means tested Council Tax Reduction.<\/li>\n<li>You meet the eligibility criteria (<b><a id=\"OWA0dc5f9f8-252c-20e3-eb5c-4792a500b357\" href=\"https:\/\/lnks.gd\/l\/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDAsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmR1bWdhbC5nb3YudWsvc2Nob29sbWVhbHMiLCJidWxsZXRpbl9pZCI6IjIwMjQwNjExLjk2MDczNzQxIn0.0GeaJDJnGFtLYk-_vz2Bd3galKY9j_zq2lw9jEFTJmQ\/s\/505482196\/br\/243928020563-l\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"0\">available here<\/a><\/b>).<\/li>\n<li>Your child was assessed as entitled to Free School Meals and School Clothing Grants for the 2023\u201324 academic year as of 3 June.<\/li>\n<li>Your child\u2019s will be attending P1 through S5, but only where their date of birth is after 30 September 2008.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"left\">Please note, we cannot make payments of School Clothing Grants for children moving into S5 or S6 who are born before 1 October 2008 until their school has confirmed their attendance to us after the summer holidays.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">If you meet the criteria, we will send you notification of the awards that have been made for your child\/children. If you do not receive a notification or payment by 14 June, it is likely that you will have to reapply.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">If you received Free School Meals-School Clothing Grant in the 2023\u201324 academic year and\u00a0do not\u00a0have an active claim for means-tested Council Tax Reduction, you will need to reapply.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Applying for FSM-SCGs is quick and easy and can be done in around five minutes online here:\u00a0<b><a id=\"OWA3f0c9c08-abd9-380f-5bb4-231de6771266\" href=\"https:\/\/lnks.gd\/l\/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDEsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmR1bWdhbC5nb3YudWsvc2Nob29sbWVhbHMiLCJidWxsZXRpbl9pZCI6IjIwMjQwNjExLjk2MDczNzQxIn0.7txw11kJBFG6kZa3edjqZ5BdX_LIAaYRQe6mzNKJnFM\/s\/505482196\/br\/243928020563-l\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"1\">www.dumgal.gov.uk\/schoolmeals<\/a><\/b>.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">If you have questions about an application, please email us with your full name, full address and the names and dates of birth for the child or children you are querying:\u00a0<b><a id=\"OWA0ff9e073-66e6-08ed-873e-d19272ee0517\" href=\"mailto:EducationBenefits@dumgal.gov.uk\" data-linkindex=\"2\">EducationBenefits@dumgal.gov.uk<\/a><\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Free School Meals and School Clothing Grants \u2013 2024\u201325 Academic Year Assessments for Free School Meals and School Clothing Grants (FSM-SCG) begin this week. 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