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Questions
- I am self-employed and unable to work at the moment. I can apply for the new self employed grant from the Government but will it affect my tax credit and is it taxed?
- Can I get help with online shopping, I am a single mum of 2 disabled kids?
- My son’s Dad has been erratic over the last year in paying child maintenance but now, because of the coronavirus, has stopped altogether. What can I do?
- Will the extra £1000 in benefit increases mean I’ll lose Housing Benefit?
- If my partner gives up his work can I still get child maintenance?
- My income is reduced as my ex has stopped paying maintenance. Can I get any help as I’m finding it difficult to manage?
- I’m a care worker with no recourse to public funds. Will get help with childcare?
- How do you juggle working at home and entertaining your child?
- Is there any help with fuel costs during the coronavirus?
- I’m classed as a key worker, can I decide to stay at home with my child?
- What if I end up with rent arrears?
- How can I get my fuel key topped up? My local shop has closed.
- Is my child allowed to still see her dad?
- My son has asthma, my employer is saying I either work or resign, can I get Statutory sick pay? I am still on tax credits.
- I have been advised to self isolate due to my health. Can I claim statutory sick pay?
- The schools are closing, I can’t go to work. What help is available?
- Is there any childcare available for parents who still have to go to work?
- My hours are being cut, what help will I get?
- What about child contact if we usually have handover at a contact centre and they close? Will I be taking to court if I can’t arrange child contact?
- I live on my own with my young child. What will I do if I become too sick to care for him? I don’t have any friends or family that can help?
- I will now have to give up the job because the schools are closing. Will I be able to go back on to income support?
- I am getting paid off as there is no work for me to do because of the virus. If my wages stop will I get any help to pay rent?
- How do I get statutory sick pay?
- Can I claim benefits if I am no longer being paid by my employer?
- Despite schools still being open would you advise isolation and social distancing for children with well controlled asthma during this period of the Corona virus pandemic?
- I only work part time and have a limited income. Can I get any benefits?
- Should I let my children go to school during the coronavirus epidemic?
- My children are getting worried about all the hype in the news and school about Coronavirus, what can I say to reassure them?
- If I have to claim ESA because of corona virus, do I need to wait 7 days to be paid?
- If I have to claim Universal Credit. Do I need to go to the jobcentre to get the one month’s up front payment?
- I am claiming Universal Credit and need to stay at home to self isolate due to corona virus. Will I get sanctioned?
- I am off sick from work and claiming Universal Credit due to corona virus. Do I need a fit note from my GP?
- I am off sick from work and claiming ESA due to corona virus. Do I need a fit note from my GP?
- I am disabled. Will I have to go to my benefit reassessment appointment due to corona virus ?
- I am self employed and on universal credit but I can’t work due to Corona Virus? What help is there?
- Can I get sick pay if I can’t work due to Corona Virus?
- I’m a single parent with no family support and wondered where I could get help with my child if I became unwell?
- I’m a single mum of 3 thinking of relocating to Scotland. I’m Irish and the children’s Dad is Scottish – what benefits would I be able to get as a single mum going back to college?
- How can I work if I do not have childcare?
- Can I claim benefits as a single parent if I am still living in the same house as my ex?
- Is there any help with Mortgage Payments while I am working and claiming Universal Credit?
- My ex-husband is not declaring his full income to Child Maintenance Service. Is there anything I can do?
- My son was born with his dads surname on the birth certificate. My son now wants to change his surname to mine, how can I do that?
- Can I get help to pay my sons travel costs to school?
- When can I get the Best Start Grant?
- Can my ex force me to go to court about contact with our children when I want to use a mediation service? He is getting legal aid so will I have to pay the cost if it does go to court?
- What services are available?
- What is a sanction?
- Can I volunteer with you?
- What is Best Start grant and how can I apply for it?
- Where are your offices and how do I make an appointment?
- I am considering separating, how will this affect me/what are my options?
- I am planning on going into education or training, how will this affect my benefits/income?
- Can you help single parents outside of Scotland?
- Can you help me furnish my house?
- My circumstances have changed and it is affecting my benefits, can you help?
- I am separating, what are my housing options?
- I am looking for housing, can you help me find somewhere to live?
- Can you help me with a PIP application?
- I have built up debts, can you help?
- Can you refer me to a food bank?
- My benefits have been cut, can you help?
- Do you have any job openings?
- I am looking for work, can you help?
- I am separating, what financial assistance can I get?
- Can you help me sort out contact arrangements with my ex?
- Can you help me arrange/sort out child maintenance?
- Who are your services for?
- What groups do you run?
News
- The latest update from the UK government regarding the new measures in place
- Proposals agreed ensuring vulnerable customers stay supplied with energy
- Struggling families should be given cash while schools are shut
- OPFS services during the Coronavirus period
- DWP Update on Corona Virus
- First Steps Young Parents Project
- Child Disability Assistance to be extended to age 18 in Scotland
- Edinburgh support for dads and kids under threat
- Job Start Payment
- Root-and-branch review of Child Maintenance Service needed to lift children out of poverty
- OPFS responds to Care Review Report
- Twenty Years Delivering Change
- OPFS submission to the Scottish Government Disability Assistance Consultation
- Potential impact of Brexit on Single Parents and OPFS
- Why co-production matters to OPFS
- Social enterprise takes on Flexible childcare services from OPFS
- Impact of UK welfare policies in Scotland
- Improving Benefit take up is vital in the challenge of eradicating child poverty
Blogs
- Single Parents Day: Amina Muslim Women’s Resource Centre
- Single Parents Day: A dad’s story
- Activities for kids when you’re social distancing
- International Women’s Day 2020: A time for action
- Why you should care about unpaid care work
- Carer’s allowance supplement Scotland
- Out of School Care in Scotland – Plans for the Future
- How universal credit is calculated
- Warm home discount scheme
- OPFS celebrated 75 years in 2019
- OPFS Glasgow providing extra support to parents of school-age children
- Using Universal Credit to pay for Childcare
- What is Kinship Care?
- What is a sanction?
- The Claimant Commitment
