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Citizens Advice are open to the public and can provide a huge amount of advice and practical help across a whole range of subjects from benefits advice, rights in work and debt advice.
Disabled People | Family | Older People | Working Age
Open:
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
Time:
Mon to Fri 9am to 3pm (phone line open 10am until 1pm)
58 Sankey St, Warrington WA1 1SB, UK
0300 3309 091 | admin@warrington.cabnet.org.uk | Visit the website - https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/
You may be able to get free schools meals for you child if you already receive benefits.
Family
Time:
During school hours
Visit the website - https://www.gov.uk/apply-free-school-meals
Childcare schemes with free childcare hours, depending on the age of your child and your circumstances
Family
Visit the website - https://admissions.warrington.gov.uk/CitizenPortal_LIVE/en
Funded childcare places for 3 and 4 year olds across the school year.
Family
0300 123 4097 | Visit the website - https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/
Disability access fund for your childcare provider
Disabled People | Family
Visit the website - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-business-sustainability-guides-for-providers/extra-sources-of-income-for-early-years-providers#disability-access-fund-daf
There are a number of schemes that are available which can help you with the cost of childcare.
Funded childcare places
Family
Time:
Website
Visit the website - https://nff.org.uk/childcare/
If your application is successful, you receive a healthy start card, which allows you to buy milk, vegetables, formula milk or vitamins. The NHS add money to your healthy start card every 4 weeks (£8.50 per child under 1 year old, £4.25 per child between 1 and 4 years old).
Family
Time:
Website
Visit the website - https://www.healthystart.nhs.uk/
Holiday Activity and Food Programme
Family
Time:
Website
Visit the website - https://www.warrington.gov.uk/haf
You may receive support getting your child to school, if your child has a SEND or a Educational Health Care Plan, or if you are a low income family and the school your child attends is more than 2 miles from where you live.
Family
Time:
Not Time Bound see website
Visit the website - https://www.warrington.gov.uk/schooltransport
The fashion and textile children’s trust offer low income families working in the fashion industry, a grant to support the purchase of school uniforms (for children up to the age of 18).
Family
Time:
Website
Visit the website - https://www.ftct.org.uk/funding-for-school-uniform
If you are a grandparent who looks after your grandchild, whilst their parents work and your grandchild is under 12 years of age, then you can get national insurance (NI) credit that is attached to child benefit, transferred to you.
Family
Time:
24 Hour via website
Visit the website - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-insurance-credits-for-adults-who-care-for-a-child-under-12-fact-sheet/specified-adult-childcare-credits-fact-sheet
St Joseph's Family Centre has a small resource of non-perishable food items, toiletries, children's clothing and some household items.
You will need to be referred to St Joseph's, via your GP, local school, Warrington BC's Social Care team or Warrington Foodbank
Disabled People | Family | Older People | Working Age
Open:
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
Time:
Mon to Fri 9am to 5pm. Open every alternate Saturday 9am to 4pm
9 Museum St, Warrington WA1 1JA, UK
01925 635 448 | contact@sjfc.org.uk | Visit the website - https://saintjosephsfamilycentre.co.uk/
You could get a one-off payment of £500 to help towards the costs of having a child. This is known as a sure start maternity grant. You usually qualify for the grant if both of the following apply:
Family
Time:
Website
Visit the website - https://www.gov.uk/sure-start-maternity-grant
Talking Point at Birchwood provides a single location where you can get information, support and guidance on all issues that matter to you (including advice on combatting Cost of Living).
Disabled People | Family | Older People | Working Age
Open:
Thursday
Time:
10am to 12pm
25 Benson Rd, Birchwood, Warrington WA3 7PJ, UK
You can get up to £500 every 3 months (up to £2,000 a year) for each of your children to help with the costs of childcare. This goes up to £1,000 every 3 months if a child is disabled (up to £4,000 a year).
Disabled People | Family
Visit the website - https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-tax-free-childcare
A free school uniform swap shop for primary and secondary school pupils
Family
Visit the website - https://warrington.foodbank.org.uk/2022/08/25/school-uniforms-available-for-immediate-collection/
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