The Pharmacy School Essentials Grant is now closed
The Pharmacy School Essentials Grant is now closed, thank you for your applications, we have now spent the funds.
If you have already applied and received an email confirmation this will give the latest date when you will hear from us.
If you need to contact us about your grant application, you can email [email protected]. Due to high demand we will not be able to discuss your application by phone.
We expect to reopen this grant in early summer 2027, so please check the website then.
About the Pharmacy School Essentials Grant
The Pharmacy School Essentials Grant is for people with families who are employed as GPhC registered Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians, or anyone working in a Community Pharmacy (not hospital), e.g. Pharmacy Dispenser, Cashier etc.
The aim of this grant is to provide support to low-income households with essentials items for school age children.
If you meet criteria and provide all the information requested with your application, we will award a grant of £150 per school age child, for up to a maximum of three children per household.
Who is eligible
To apply for Pharmacy School Essentials Grant, you need to meet all of the criteria:
- Currently employed and have been for the last six months at a community pharmacy OR you are a GPhC registered pharmacist or pharmacy technician
- You’re already receiving Universal Credit / Child Tax Credit for school-age children (aged 4–18 as of 31 August 2026)
- Your household savings/balances are less than £4,000
How to apply
You will need to be ready to upload onto the application form copies of:
- A current payslip that clearly shows your name, employer name and NI number
- Your current Universal Credit statement showing the payment amount, full breakdown (including child element) and your name and address, dated April / May 2026
The application form is quick to complete but the most common reason for rejection is that the documents you upload do not show us your employment and/or income-related benefit. Please send us everything so you don’t miss out.
The Pharmacy School Essentials Grant is managed on behalf of Leverhulme Trade Charities Trust by GroceryAid. When you click to apply you will be taken to an application form managed by our trusted partner GroceryAid, who will hold your personal data for the purposes of processing your application only.
Other help
- Understand your financial situation with the budget planner.
- Find out if you can boost your income with the benefits calculator and search to find out if you could get help from other charitable grants.
- See what cost of living support you could be eligible for with the Crisis and Resilience Fund.
- Take control of your debt.
- Crisis help, for information about help with food, money or housing, your local council can inform you about local services available to you. Find your local council’s website by clicking here.