School Uniform Grant Programme 2025
- Launch date will be Wednesday 28 May 2025 at 12 noon.
- Payment will continue to be made in the form of vouchers at £75 per school aged child.
- Application process 24-hour application window and subsequent random ballot.
- Eligibility criteria are set out below and will be widely communicated to members in advance of the launch of the programme
Applicants must:
- Be a UNISON member and have paid at least four weeks’ subscriptions as of 28 May 2025. Subscriptions must be up to date.
- Not have received a grant from UNISON Welfare since 28 November 2024, excluding the Winter Essentials Grant or the Step into Spring Grant.
- Be financially responsible for school-aged child(ren) and receiving Child Benefit for them**. By school-aged, we mean children aged between 4 and 17 years old, who will be returning to school in the autumn.
And EITHER:
Be on a low income, meaning a net household income* of no more than £26,413/year (£2,201.08/month).
OR:
Be in receipt of means-tested benefits:
- Universal Credit
- Housing Benefit
- Child and/or Working Tax Credits
- Pension Credit
- Means-tested Jobseekers Allowance
- Means-tested Employment Support Allowance
- Income Support
*Where members have no recourse to public funds and their household income is above £26,413/year an assessment will be undertaken to see whether they would be eligible for benefits if they did have recourse to public funds so that they are not disadvantaged.
**Where members either have no recourse to public funds and their household income is above £26,413/year or have no recourse to public funds and don’t receive Child Benefit; an assessment will be undertaken to see whether they would be eligible for benefits if they did have recourse to public funds.