

We're asking all parents whose children go to school in Bristol to find out if their child can get free schools meals and to register for Pupil Premium funding. Get extra funding for your child's school Contact the Family Information Service, 020 7527 5959, you're struggling to afford food there are organisations and schemes across the city that can help you get food. Islington’s Family Information Service provides information and advice about paying for childcare. To get help with tax credits when paying a relative for childcare, the relative must register as a childminder and also be willing to look after other children as part of their childminding business. Islington’s Childcare Bursary can help parents with the costs of childcare when they start work, if they are training which will lead to employment, or if they are starting up a business.

If you’ve been unable to access Tax-Free Childcare through your childcare account for technical reasons, you may be able to claim compensation.Ĭhildcare Choices is a government website which provides information about all the schemes available to help with childcare costs, including for school-age children, before and after school and in the holidays. You can still apply for Tax-Free Childcare if you get: Child Benefit 15 hours free childcare and education for children aged two to four years old 30 hours free childcare. You can also contact the Tax Credit Helpline on 03 for advice. You can use the childcare calculator to work out if you’ll be better off with Tax-Free Childcare, before you apply and stop your tax credits or Universal Credit child vouchers. Your Child Tax Credit and Working Tax Credit payments will stop automatically if you successfully apply for Tax-Free Childcare. Please note that you if you apply for tax-free childcare, you won’t be able to get: Child Tax Credit, Working Tax Credit, Universal Credit, Childcare Vouchers from your employer.

