Sure start grant

Has anyone else applied for the sure start grant? And if so how long before they received it?

Also, I am about to become a single mum with no expected help from the father. My work only pays 80% for 6 weeks and then I am dropped down to SMP. There is no way I can survive on that, I have heard i can top up my income with Universal Credit. But does anyone know the process I would need to go through, who to contact and when to do so? Or is there any other forms of income supplement or support i may be eligible to?

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With UC you can either ring up to start a claim or there’s a form online that you can fill out unless it’s all changed since I last done it x

I thought I was entitled to top up with UC as I'm on SMP but it seems like that's not the case. SMP is treated as income it is somehow too high to be topped up with UC. Although if you find out anything else let me know as I only discovered this yesterday 9 weeks pp and very stressed about it all 😖

When I went solely to my SMP side of pay, I was entitled to universal credit. So definitely apply asap! It is counted as income as above, so they do begin deductions over a certain amount depending on what you claim for - use Turn2Us to calculate what you’d be entitled to xx

I really wish they had maternity classes that covered this stuff. It seems so overwhelming on top of everything else.

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