If you are a parent you may be eligible for a Home Access grant.
Take the quick eligibilty check below. You may be able to qualify for a Home Access grant if you answer YES to:
• Three questions in Section one, and
• At least one question in Section two
Are you a parent or guardian responsible for and living with a child…..
…who is in school years 3 to 9?
…who attends a state-maintained school in England full time**?
…who has not already had a computer from a Home Access Grant or similar programme, such as Computers for Pupils?
Do you receive at least one of the following?
• Free school meals for your child***
• Income based Jobseeker’s Allowance
• Income support
• Child Tax Credit but not Working Tax Credit and an income of less than £16,040
• Guaranteed Pension Credit (not Savings Credit)
• Income-based Employment Support Allowance
• Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
If you think you qualify for a Home Access grant please call the Home Access Grant Helpline on 0333 200 1004 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 0333 200 1004 end_of_the_skype_highlighting* to get and application form.
If you are a foster carer for Looked After Children in years 1 to 13 then you could also get a Home Access Grant. Please click here for more information or call the Home Access Grant Helpline on 0333 200 1004 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 0333 200 1004 end_of_the_skype_highlighting* to get an application form.
* Calls may be monitored or recorded to maintain high levels of security and quality of service. Calls to this number cost no more than a call to an 01 or 02 number and count towards inclusive minutes in the same way as 01 and 02 calls. These rules apply to calls from any type of line including mobile, BT, other fixed line or payphone.
** or whose place is paid for by their local authority or the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF). Home-schooled children do not qualify. State-maintained schools include: primary schools, secondary schools, middle schools, special schools, academies, city technology colleges, pupil referral units. State-maintained schools do not include: independent (private) schools and places at non-maintained special schools not funded by a local authority.
*** Children receiving Free School Meals under the national rules may be eligible for a Home Access Grant; however, children receiving free school meals as part of the pilots in Durham, Newham and Wolverhampton will need to provide additional supporting documents.
