Best Start Grant-Early Learning Payment - Family support directory
When support is available
From 2nd birthday to age 3 and a half. Best Start Grant: early learning payment £319.80 per child to help with costs in the early years. It is up to you what you spend it on and do not have to provide receipts.
Who qualifies
You qualify if you are responsible for a child of school age and you or your partner l are aged under 18 (regardless of income or benefits); l aged 18 or 19 and a dependant in someone else’s benefit claim because you are still in school or college; or l entitled to a qualifying benefit as for the pregnancy and baby payment. If you are not the parent and have become responsible for a child in this age group (e.g. as a kinship carer), you may qualify
More information
Your child does not have to have started in early education or childcare. Apply online or download a claim form
