Help is available for clothing, footwear and free school meals. Click on the link for more information and see if you are eligible to claim.
School Meals
For more information about how to pay for school meals, school lunches and how to claim free school meals ,click on the link below:-
https://www.north-ayrshire.gov.uk/education-and-learning/school-meals/school-meals.aspx
Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA)
Education Maintenance Allowance provides financial support of £30 a week for 16 to 19 year olds from low-income households who are continuing in full-time education. EMA can help young people cover basic school costs, such as
travel, uniform and additional resources. Young people applying for EMA need information about their parents’ income to prove their eligibility and must complete a learning agreement.
For more information, go to:-
Useful Contacts
Debt advice
■■ Scotland’s Financial Health Service
Find a local money adviser at www.scotlandsfinancialhealthservice.gov.uk or use their helpline 0800 707 6696
■■ National Debt line
Free impartial debt advice at www.nationaldebtline.org or on 0808 808 4000
Benefits check and support
■■ Citizens Advice Scotland
Information and advice to help people resolve their money, legal and other problems. Find a local advice bureau
at www.cas.org.uk/bureaux
■■ Turn2Us
Helps people in financial hardship to gain access to welfare benefits, charitable grants and support services www.turn2us.org.uk
■■ Housing Associations
Most Housing Associations have welfare rights services for tenants.
USEFUL CONTACTS
Housing advice
■■ Shelter Scotland at
https://scotland.shelter.org.uk/get_advice or on 0808 800 444
Domestic abuse support
■■ Scottish Women’s Aid at helpline@sdafmh.org.uk or 0800 027 1234
This resource was originally developed as part of the Cost of the School Day Glasgow project with the support of
the following organisations:
USEFUL CONTACTS
Housing advice
■■ Shelter Scotland at
https://scotland.shelter.org.uk/get_advice or
on 0808 800 444
Domestic abuse support
■■ Scottish Women’s Aid at
helpline@sdafmh.org.uk or 0800 027 1234
This resource was originally developed as part of the Cost of the School Day Glasgow project.
Young Stem Leader
A small group of our S1 pupils took part in the Young Stem Leadership programme this year. Below you will find a short presentation showing what they did to achieve their award. Well done to all of them for becoming our first group to achieve it.
UCAS Applications
For help and advice go to :-
https://www.ucas.com/undergraduate/applying-university/filling-your-ucas-undergraduate-application
My World of Work
For My World of Work Webinars for secondary pupils and school leavers click on the link below:-
https://www.myworldofwork.co.uk/careerjam-webinars
These will support you as you take your next steps in school or after school.
Careers advisers discuss topics including Foundation Apprenticeships, college and university applications, online or phone interviews and labour market information.
The sessions are recorded so you can watch them whenever suits you.
Just keep in mind you won’t be able to ask any questions as they aren’t live.
If you need more advice or support, you can call our helpline on 0800 917 8000, which is available Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm.
UCAS Applications
Liz and Joan at my world of work give information and advice about university. They cover:
- UCAS and UCAS Extra
- Clearing and Clearing Plus
- Student funding and money matters
- SDS results helpline
Skills Development Scotland – Careers Service
For more information about our Careers Service, please click on the link below:-
Week 6 Parents in Partnership
In tonight’s session, we learned about Business Admin, Active Schools, Modern Languages and Family Learning opportunities. Click on the link to watch the recording of our session.
