Home Access Grants Scheme : Home Access Grants Scheme Simon Whitehouse
Implementation Manager
Digital Birmingham
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Are you eligible? : Are you eligible? You need to be a family :-
With a child in Years 3 to 9
Eligible to Free School Meals
What can you get? : What can you get? A Computer
12 months Internet access
Service and Support
Parental controls
Anti-Virus Software
Slide 5 : This grant is per family, not per child
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How do I get a grant? : How do I get a grant? Phone for an application pack
Fill in form
Send it with your evidence
Evidence : Evidence Must be the original
The address must match
Evidence : Evidence Recent Child Benefit letter
plus
If you take up Free School Meals
Tick a box
or
Evidence that you are entitled to Free School Meals
How do I spend it? : How do I spend it? If you are successful you will get
A “credit card” with up to £528 to spend
A booklet explaining where you can spend it
The grant must be spent . . . : The grant must be spent . . . With an approved supplier
On an approved computer package
Supplier Choice : Supplier Choice You get to choose the computer
Some of the suppliers are here today
Slide 13 : Do It Now
Slide 14 : Because it is First Come, First Served
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Slide 16 : 0333 200 1004