Young Carer Grant is a yearly payment of £390.25 for young carers in Scotland.

To be able to get Young Carer Grant, you must be 16, 17 or 18 years old.

You must also have been caring for 1, 2 or 3 people for an average of 16 hours a week for at least the last 3 months. If you care for more than one person, you can combine the hours of the people you care for to average 16 hours a week.

How you spend the Young Carer Grant is up to you. You could use it for things like new clothes, driving lessons or a holiday. You do not need to tell us what you spend the money on.

You may be able to get Carer Support Payment.

You can get Young Carer Grant if all of these apply:

• you live in Scotland
• you're 16, 17 or 18 years old
• you've been caring for one or more people for around 16 hours a week, for the last 3 months
• the person or people you care for are getting certain benefits
• it is your first application or a full year has passed since you last applied
• you're not being paid to care for someone you will use in your application as part of your job
• you're not helping care for the people you apply for as a volunteer, for example as part of a care group or charity
• you're not already getting Carer Support Payment, Carer's Allowance from the Department for Work and Pensions or Northern Ireland's Carer's Allowance

The person or people you care for must have been getting one or more of these benefits for at least the last 3 months:

• the daily living component of Personal Independence Payment (PIP)
• the middle or highest care rate of Disability Living Allowance (DLA), including Child Disability Living Allowance
• the middle or highest care rate of Scottish Adult Disability Living Allowance (SADLA)
• the middle or highest care rate of Child Disability Payment
• the daily living component of Adult Disability Payment
• Attendance Allowance
• Pension Age Disability Payment
• Armed Forces Independence Payment
• Constant Attendance Allowance

Apply online via mygov.scot: