{"id":4863,"date":"2022-11-16T22:36:25","date_gmt":"2022-11-16T22:36:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/calderwood\/?p=4863"},"modified":"2022-11-16T22:36:25","modified_gmt":"2022-11-16T22:36:25","slug":"scottish-child-payment-extends-to-under-16s-and-automatic-payments-for-other-benefits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/calderwood\/2022\/11\/16\/scottish-child-payment-extends-to-under-16s-and-automatic-payments-for-other-benefits\/","title":{"rendered":"Scottish Child Payment extends to under 16s and automatic payments for other benefits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: var(--global--color-primary);font-family: var(--global--font-secondary);font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);background-color: var(--global--color-background)\">\u2022Scottish Child Payment has extended to include all eligible children from the age of six until they turn 16<\/span><\/p>\n<p><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u2022It is a payment of \u00a3100 every four weeks for each eligible child under the age of 16<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u2022Check if you are eligible for Scottish Child Payment and apply now at mygov.scot\/benefits or by calling 0800 182 2222<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u2022Families are also being urged to make sure they don\u2019t miss out on a double December Bridging Payment of \u00a3260<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u2022The December Bridging Payments will be made before the start of the Christmas holidays for children who receive Free School Meals on the basis of low income on 30 November. Payments for children who are subsequently registered and become eligible for Free School Meals ahead of the Christmas holidays will be made as soon as possible in the new year<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u00a0<br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>\u2022You may also be eligible for other benefits, you can find out more\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/scot.us19.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=11fdff413e50ba7bc51890111&amp;id=5e886dddc9&amp;e=43e55dc5e5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-safelink=\"true\" data-linkindex=\"1\">here\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2022Scottish Child Payment has extended to include all eligible children from the age of six until they turn 16 \u2022It is a payment of \u00a3100 every four weeks for each eligible child under the age of 16\u00a0\u2022Check if you are eligible for Scottish Child Payment and apply now at mygov.scot\/benefits or by calling 0800 182&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/calderwood\/2022\/11\/16\/scottish-child-payment-extends-to-under-16s-and-automatic-payments-for-other-benefits\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Scottish Child Payment extends to under 16s and automatic payments for other benefits<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12983,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-information-for-parents-carers","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/calderwood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/calderwood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/calderwood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/calderwood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12983"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/calderwood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4863"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/calderwood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4863\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4868,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/calderwood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4863\/revisions\/4868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/calderwood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/calderwood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/calderwood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}