[Stronsaylimpet] Scottish Govt Bridging Payment

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/From OIC updates on Facebook:/
For the third year running, Christmas will come early for many of 
Orkney’s most vulnerable families with a direct payment totalling £260 
for every child entitled to free school meals.
The Council-administered Scottish Government Bridging Payment, which 
will benefit 249 children in Orkney from P1-S6 (nursery children are not 
eligible), will be paid directly to families before Christmas and those 
receiving it will be able to use it for whatever they need.
This payment is per child and for those families on a low income only – 
so a family with three eligible children will receive £780.
Children who receive a free school meal through the universal provision 
are not entitled to this payment.
The Council is urging folk to check to see if they may now be eligible 
for free school meals.
No application for the payment is required if children are already in 
receipt of free school meals due to low income.
Applications for free school meals can be made online via MyOrkney at 
www.orkney.gov.uk/School-Benefit or call the Council's Customer Services 
team on 01856873535 for a paper application form.
The Council is continuing to make payments towards the cost of meals 
throughout the Christmas and Easter holiday periods in 2022/2023 and for 
the last teacher’s strike day for those eligible at the schools that 
were closed. All payments will be made at the same time.
For the full story check here: https://www.orkney.gov.uk/News?postid=6848.
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