School essentials grant

RETAILER SUPPORT: GROCERYAID

GroceryAid School Essentials Grant open for applications

PARENTS EMPLOYED IN CONVENIENCE AND GROCERY CAN APPLY TO RECEIVE £150 PER SCHOOL AGED CHILD FROM GROCERYAID AND APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OPEN

Convenience retailing industry charity GroceryAid has announced that applications are now open for the GroceryAid School Essentials Grant.

The Grant was extremely popular last year and is being brought back once again this year to help reduce the financial impact on low-income families working in the convenience and grocery industry when children go back to school in September. Parents employed in convenience and grocery who have been with their current employer for at least six months can apply to receive £150 per school-aged child, up to a maximum of three children per household.

The grant will close on 30 September 2021, or sooner if the fund has been spent.

Everything that you need to know about the criteria and how your colleagues can apply can be found here.

GroceryAid has also created a toolkit for retailers to use within internal communications which includes:

30 second animated explainer film

Social Media images and copy

Press release and copy that can be used for internal launches

Branded one pager that can be used for internal emails.

Criteria

You can apply online for a School Essentials Grant if:

You are currently working in the grocery industry and have been employed for the last six months with the same company

You have a school age child aged 4-18 as of September 2021 for whom you receive Child Benefit

You receive either Universal Credit (breakdown shows child element) or Child Tax Credits Household savings are below £4,000.