Free school meals and clothing/footwear grant
Customer Services
Telephone: Monday to Friday 8am to 5pm Thursday 8am to 8pm Saturday 9am to noon
Address: Council Headquarters Newtown St Boswells Melrose TD6 0SA
Tel: 0300 100 1800
Free School Meals / Clothing Grant application form
We can provide children with free school meals and assistance towards the purchase of school clothing. A young person who lives independantly can apply in their own right if they meet one of the criteria.
To qualify, you must meet one of the following criteria.
Free school meals:
- receive Income Support, Job Seekers Allowance (Income Based) or Employment and Support Allowance (Income Related)
- Child Tax Credit (but not Working Tax Credit) with an annual income less than £15,860
- maximum Working Tax Credit and maximum Child Tax Credit with Income below £6,420
- Support under part vi of Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.
School clothing and footwear grant
- receive Income Support, Job Seekers Allowance (Income Based) or Employment and Support Allowance (Income Related)
- Child Tax Credit (but not Working Tax Credit) with an annual income less than £15,860
- maximum Working Tax Credit and maximum Child Tax Credit with Income below £6,420
- support under Part VI of Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
- Child Tax Credit and Working Tax Credit with an income less than £15,860.
The clothing grant is only paid once in a school year, per child.
To apply, please download and print the application form and return it to your local council contact centre.
If you are also making an application for housing and council tax benefit, that form also has a section where you can apply for these benefits.
