Apply for a Sure Start Maternity Grant

The Sure Start maternity grant helps people on a low income with the extra costs of a new baby.

How to use this service

Use the links below to download and complete a claim form or contact the Social Security Agency for a claim form.

Download a form

Sure Start maternity grant form

• Sure Start Maternity Grant Form SF100 (PDF 571KB)
• Help with PDF files

You make a claim by printing out a claim form and filling it in. When you have filled in the form you can either:

• post it to the office whose details are shown on the form, or
• hand it in at your nearest Social Security / Jobs and Benefits office
• Social Security / Jobs and Benefits office (contacts section)

Important: The date the claim form is received in a Social Security Agency office is the date we can consider payment from - not the date you downloaded the claim form.

Ask for a form

You can get Sure Start maternity grant forms from the Social Security Agency.  Contact one of their offices.

• Social Security / Jobs and Benefits office (contacts section)
• Benefit Shop Castle Court (contacts section)

More useful links

• Sure Start Maternity Grant (money, tax and benefits section)
• Free milk, vitamins, fruit and vegetables and infant formula (parents section)  
• Money, tax and benefits (money, tax and benefits section)