Sure Start Maternity Grant
Paid by Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
What this pays
The published value, how it is calculated, and whether it is cash or a credit ceiling.
Email and a six-digit code, then €50 a year. No password to forget.
Gated on a personal circumstance. This programme depends on pregnancy, new baby or adoption — a condition the structured eligibility fields below do not capture. Read the official page carefully before assuming you qualify.
Who qualifies
UnlockThe 5 published rules this programme tests you against — age, income, residency, household and the rest.
The steps, documents and official link are part of the paid plan. Checking how much you're owed stays free.
1 document you'll need
UnlockExactly what to gather before you start, so nothing sends you back to the beginning.
Where this comes from
You could get a one-off payment of £500 to help towards the costs of having a child if this is your first child and you get certain benefits.
https://www.gov.uk/sure-start-maternity-grant
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Last checked against the official page on 5 October 2026
Source: www.gov.uk
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Related reading: How to read a grant eligibility rule
Other family & children support in United Kingdom
16 more programmes are on the paid plan, with the amount, the rules, the documents and the steps for each.
- 30 Hours Free Childcare (working parents, England)
- 15 Hours Free Childcare for 2-year-olds (England)
- Universal 15 Hours Free Early Education (3- and 4-year-olds, England)
- Disability Living Allowance (DLA) for Children
- Child Disability Payment (Scotland)
- Scottish Child Payment
- Best Start Grant (Scotland)
- Maternity Allowance
- Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP)
- Statutory Paternity Pay and Leave
- Statutory Shared Parental Pay and Leave
- Guardian's Allowance
- Flying Start childcare (Wales)
- Childcare Offer for Wales (30 hours)
- Family Fund
- Statutory Adoption Pay
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