Lone Parents' Grant
You can claim for this grant if you are single, widowed, divorced, separated or your civil partnership has dissolved, and you are bringing up children on your own. The Lone Parents' Grant covers 52 weeks of the year from the first day of the academic year of your course.
If you have at least one dependent child, extra support is available as an extra grant of £1,270.
Childcare Grant for Lone Parents'
This is an extra grant for students who are receiving Lone Parents' Grant.
If you have to pay all or part of the cost for registered or formal childcare, you can receive up to £1,185 a year, depending on the cost of childcare. 'Formal' childcare includes childminders, after-school clubs and providers of day-care and education. If you are getting your full childcare costs paid from other sources (for example, your institution) you should not apply for this grant.
You should always contact us first for help with your childcare costs before you ask for help from any other source.
You should tell us when you fill in your application form if you think you may be entitled to this support. We will send you another form to ask for details about your childcare provider and confirmation of the amounts you will pay.
Find out what other funding is available to you in our student support section.