Christmas and New Year 2025
Information on OPFS opening hours over Christmas and when you will be paid your benefits over the holidays.
Season’s greetings and all the best for 2025.
03/12/2024
Here are details of when our services will be closed over the festive period.
Contact details for each of our services can be found in links below.
- Edinburgh and HQ – Our Edinburgh service will be closed for Christmas from Thursday 19 December 2024, and will reopen as usual Monday 6 January 2025
- Helpline and webchat – Open until 2pm on Christmas Eve (Tuesday 24th) and then will reopen on Monday 6th January.
- Glasgow – Will close on Tuesday 24 December 2024 and re-open on Monday 6 January 2025
- Dundee – Will be closed from 4pm on Friday 20 December 2024 and reopening Monday 6 January 2025.
- Falkirk – Will be closed Tuesday 24 December 2024 and re-open on Monday 6 January 2025
- North Lanarkshire – Will close on Tuesday 24 December 2024 and re-open on Monday 6 January 2025
You could receive your Universal Credit or benefit payments early over the Christmas period if you are due to be paid on a public holiday.
Social Security Scotland Benefits
| When your payment is due | When you will actually be paid |
| Wednesday 25 December 2024 | Tuesday 24 December 2024 |
| Thursday 26 December 2024 | Tuesday 24 December 2024 |
| Friday 27 December 2024 | Tuesday 24 December 2024 |
| Wednesday 1 January 2025 | Tuesday 31 December 2024 |
Tax Credits and Universal Credit
| When your payment is due | When you will actually be paid |
| Wednesday 25 December 2024 | Tuesday 24 December 2024 |
| Thursday 26 December 2024 | Tuesday 24 December 2024 |
| Wednesday 1 January 2025 | Tuesday 31 December 2024 |
| Thursday 2 January 2025 | Tuesday 31 December 2024 |
While OPFS are closed for the festive period, you can make use of our online forum. The more that parents that make use of this service, the more peer support will be available to single parents like you.
You can use our forum to share tips and ideas for Christmas, vent your frustrations and reach out to others if you’re feeling lonely. If there’s anything else you would like to see on this page for future Christmas updates you could share it with other parents on the forum.
Everyone at OPFS wishes you and your family all the best for Christmas and 2025.
