Your midwife is here to help you access the support you are entitled to. You will find up-to-date information about your parental rights at work (leave and pay), your housing rights and the benefits you may be entitled to on these websites:
Five Family Payments – Social Security Scotland
Social Security Scotland has 5 family payments to help balance family costs if you get Universal Credit, tax credits or other qualifying benefits.
A pre-paid card topped up with money to spend on healthy food while you are pregnant or have a young child.
Best Start Grant – Pregnancy and Baby Payment
Pregnancy and Baby Payment helps with the costs of having a baby. You can apply for this payment during pregnancy to help prepare for your baby’s arrival, or after your baby is born.
Scottish Child Payment helps towards the costs of supporting your family. It’s a weekly payment of £27.15 that you can get for every child you look after who’s under 16 years of age.
Factsheet – Five Family Payments – English
Factsheet about the family benefits Social Security Scotland deliver.
The factsheet is available in additional languages (Ukrainian, Polish, Traditional Chinese, Urdu, Arabic, Russian, Farsi, Romanian, Slovak, Kurdish Sorani, Lithuanian) here: Social Security Scotland – Five family payments resources
