Financial support
Advice Stirling offers free, confidential and impartial money, debt and benefit advice to citizens within the Stirling area.
They can support young people and their families to manage their finances.
Trained advisers can also help you prepare for and provide representation at welfare benefit appeal hearings.
email moneyadvice@stirling.gov.uk or by calling 01786233528
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Young people aged 16 to 19 may be able to apply for EMA payments of £30 per week if they attend school, college or are participating on an activity agreement
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If you are the only adult resident in the property and qualify as a Care Leaver, you could be exempt from paying Council Tax - this means no tax is payable.
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If you’re a new or continuing care experienced student, you can apply for a funding package of:
tuition fees
non-income assessed Care Experienced Students Bursary
The amount available is currently £8,100.
Your first point of contact could be your university or college's student advice hub who will help you to apply and offer advice about financial and further supports available to you.
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The Trust is a registered charity and exists to give grants for educational purposes to either individuals or organisations from the area of the County of Stirling.
Grants of up to £750 to care experienced young people aged 16 - 26 across the country.
The Aspirational Awards scheme is a young people-led individual grants fund aiming to empower young people with care experience aged 21-26 to think big about their future and transform their lives with a grant to help them reach their best potential.
The Virtual Head Team Flexible Fund is available to all children and young people who have experienced care up to the age of 26 years.
The Flexible Fund has closed for this year (June 2024). We hope to re-open the fund in school session 2024/25.
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SDSS aims to promote Independent Living in Scotland by ensuring high quality, local, Independent Support on Self-directed Support (SDS) is available to all. We work to showcase good practice in social care and campaign to ensure that SDS truly becomes the mainstream approach to social care delivery across Scotland.
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Forthgiving is a unique local charity offering financial support to people in crisis in the Forth Valley Area.
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Disabled Student’s Allowance is the Government funding given to disabled students in the UK to pay for specialist equipment/support that may be required as a reasonable adjustment.
In Scotland this is delivered through SAAS
ILF Scotland Transition Fund provides money, for up to one year, to support young people living with disabilities (as defined in the Equality Act 2010) to improve their lives. This includes autism, learning difficulty, physical disability, mental health (e.g. anxiety or depression) or hearing or visual impairments.
ILF discretionary also funding enables individuals to pay for care so that they can be supported in their homes and within their local communities.
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Self Directed Support Forth Valley (SDS), is a service that provides free help and assistance to individuals and Carers who have a Social Services or NHS based `assessed need` for care and support.
You can find them on facebook or
email: info@sdsforthvalley.co.uk
Tel: 01324 508794
Find sources of online support to increase your income, reduce your bills and ease the costs of daily living.
Their Money Map can help you to learn more about your finances. Click here to find out more
Aberlour Urgent Assistance Fund
Aberlour’s Urgent Assistance Fund can provide immediate relief to families with children (aged 21 and under) who are suffering extreme hardship. Families who are struggling to provide food, heating and clothing for their children.
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to find out more