1. Mandatory: proof of your employment history in the education sector
- Recent payslips, P60 form, or P45 form
- Details of your benefit – in the case of Universal Credit, we will need to provide evidence all elements to which you are entitled e.g. child element and housing element. We will need you to download your entitlement – you can log into your Universal Credit account.
2. Mandatory: supporting statement
The Supporting Statement helps us to understand your circumstances – without a clear understanding of your circumstances and how they relate to our criteria, we cannot make a decision.
We need a few paragraphs explaining what you need the grant for and why. It does not need to be very lengthy, but it does need to be clear enough to enable our grants team to us to make a decision. It should include:
- Can you tell us about your role in education e.g. what sector you are in how long you have worked in education?
- Tell us why you need assistance – for example if you are in rent arrears – tell us, what has led to the arrears (change of circumstance) and what efforts you have made to address the arrears.
- Why you have approached Education Support, what has changed in your life or career?
- Tell us about of any plans and how the grant will help you achieve these plans, helping you to move forward, please tell us the difference the grant could make.
We will not make a decision without a full understanding of your circumstances.
3. Mandatory: bank statements
We require that you provide bank statements for all accounts in yours and your partners name – statements must cover a period of two calendar months e.g. 1st January to the 28th February.
This includes Pay Plan accounts, bill accounts ISA’s etc.
We are not able to accept bank statements in the following formats:
- Word or excel documents
- Photographs or screenshots from your phone or tablet
It is possible to download bank statements from all UK bank accounts instructions on how to do so can be found on your banking website or by following the following instructions:
4. Mandatory: evidence in support of your grant
- Repair costs: 2 contractor quotes
- Rental deposit, a link from a site such as Zoopla or Rightmove showing the cost of the property you would like to move to
- Housing costs: mortgage statement, rental statement Proof of Eviction Proceedings and a rental statement
- Council Tax: your council tax bill or statement
- Utility costs – your last utility bill
- Bankruptcy or DRO Requests: letter from a debt advice specialist
- Moving costs: 2 removal quotes
- White goods a link to a site such as Argos or AO showing the item you would like us to consider
- Funeral costs: funeral bill, statement of remaining balance, and evidence of your application for the government’s Funeral Expenses Payment if you are eligible
