Pharmacy School Essentials 2025

Pharmacy School Essentials Grant Application

The Pharmacy School Essentials Grant will close when the fund is spent or by 1st July 2025 at 5pm. Grants will be worked in date order, but if the grant fund has been spent then your application will not be considered.
The Pharmacy School Essentials Grant is managed on behalf of Leverhulme Trade Charities Trust by GroceryAid

Keeping your data safe

We are committed to handling all data which we hold about you in a safe and responsible manner, and in accordance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation, 2018. Please have a read of our full Charity Privacy Policy before giving your consent below. Details of your application will not be shared with your employer.

Section 29 (3) of the Data Protection Act allows GroceryAid to share personal data to third parties for the purpose of crime prevention.

Declaring you've read our Privacy Policy
- I confirm that I and any other members of my household included on this application have read the Charity's Privacy Policy.
- I agree to provide any personal and financial information requested.
- I give fully informed consent for GroceryAid to collect and hold our personal and financial data for the process of my application.
By selecting I agree you confirm you have read the above declarations.*

I Agree
Making sure you're eligible

Please answer the questions below as thoroughly as you can. We may ask for evidence to back up your answers.
Have you been working in the UK as a GPhC registered pharmacist or pharmacy technician, or in a community pharmacy for the last six months?*

YesNo
Are you, or a partner/spouse in your household already receiving Universal Credit/Child Tax Credit for school-age children? (4-18 years old as of 31st August 2025).*

YesNo
Do you have less than £4,000 available in your household's bank accounts and savings?*

YesNo
You will not be eligible for a School Essentials Grant as you do not meet one of the required criteria.
If you require any assistance completing this form, please contact our School Essentials Grant Team at pharmacy@groceryaid.org.uk contactable during office hours.

Your Pharmacy Employment
Next, we need you to send us evidence that you're currently working in a community pharmacy. Remember, that can be any of the following roles:
- Pharmacist
- Pharmacist Technician
- Pharmacy Dispenser
- Pharmacy Assistant
- Counter Assistant
- Trainee Pharmacist
- Trainee Pharmacy Technician
Please upload a photo or digital copy of one of the following:
Employment Evidence*

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Having trouble uploading?

If you have clicked a link on your employer’s website this may stop you uploading your evidence documents. If this is an issue, please copy the URL link provided into a new browser and then click on the apply button. This should then enable your uploads to work.

Pharmacy Employment Details

Now, please enter the details of your current community pharmacy employment below. Please make sure this matches the evidence you send us, and that your start date is before January 2025.

We may ask for additional evidence to verify your employment as we process your application.
Name of Employer*
Employer Post Code*
Pharmacy Job Role*
Registration or Trainee Number (if applicable)
Start Date*

DayMonthYear
Enter the date your employment started.
NI Number*
If you require any assistance completing this form, please contact our School Essentials Grant Team at pharmacy@groceryaid.org.uk contactable during office hours.

Your personal details
Applicant Name*

PrefixFirst NameLast Name
Date of Birth*

DayMonthYear
Address*

Address Line 1

Address Line 2

CityCounty

Postal Code
When entering your postcode, please remember to add a space (e.g. GU47 9DN) so the postcode checker can recognise it.
Postal Code*
Marital Status*
Your Partner/Spouse
Please provide your partner's name if the benefit evidence is a joint claim.

PrefixFirst NameLast Name
Date of Birth

DayMonthYear
Your children's details

As a reminder, school age is 4-18 years old as of 31st August 2025. You only need to share details of up to three children, as that's the maximum grant award for each household.

GroceryAid may ask for further evidence of the ages of your children as part of the application process.
How many school-age children are you receiving Child Benefits for? *
Name of 1st Child*

First NameLast Name
Date of Birth*

DayMonthYear
Date
Date of Birth Calculation Dep 1

DayMonthYear
Date
1st Child's Age as of 31st August 2025 (This field will prefill)
This child's age will be {1stDependantAge} as of 31st August 2025.
This child’s age is not eligible for a grant. Please check you have entered the correct date of birth.
Name of 2nd Child*

First NameLast Name
Date of Birth*

DayMonthYear
Date
Date of Birth Calculation Dep 2

DayMonthYear
Date
2nd Child's Age as of 31st August 2025 (This field will prefill)
This child's age will be {2ndDependantAge} as of 31st August 2025.
This child’s age is not eligible for a grant. Please check you have entered the correct date of birth.
Name of 3rd Child*

First NameLast Name
Date of Birth*

DayMonthYear
Date
Date of Birth Calculation Dep 3

DayMonthYear
Date
3rd Child's Age as of 31st August 2025 (This field will prefill)
This child's age will be {3rdDependantAge} as of 31st August 2025.
This child’s age is not eligible for a grant. Please check you have entered the correct date of birth.
Tell us about your existing household benefits

To qualify for a GroceryAid grant, either you or your partner/spouse already need to be receiving income-related benefits. Please let us know which benefit you're receiving from the dropdown.
Please select the benefit you are in receipt of and will evidence from the dropdown. *
Is the benefit a joint claim?*
Please provide the name of the individual on your joint claim

PrefixFirst NameLast Name
Evidence of your existing household benefit

As mentioned above, we need to know that you're receiving Universal Credit (with Child Element).

Please upload:

A Universal Credit/Benefit statement showing the payment and full breakdown of your name and address (you may need to use multiple screenshots to get everything in or download a PDF document from your online account).
- If your partner/spouse is the one receiving the benefit, please upload supporting evidence that you're living together. This can be a joint Universal Credit showing both of your names.
If your UC award is £0 for April/May you will only be eligible if you can show us why:
- If your housing element is being paid direct to your landlord, this will show on your full UC statement
- If your award was £0 due to being paid 4 weekly please upload your April UC statement to show payment was received
- If you have sanctions/overpayments which leave you with £0 UC, then this will show on your full UC statement
Evidence of your existing household benefit

As mentioned above, we need to know that you're receiving Child Tax Credit.

Please upload:

A bank statement with your name and address showing your Child Tax Credits.
- If your partner/spouse is the one receiving the benefit, please upload supporting evidence that you're living together. This can be a joint Benefit Statement showing both of your names.
Benefit Evidence Upload *

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Your available funds

Please declare the total amount of money you have in all your household's bank accounts. This includes any savings, cryptocurrency or any other funds you have access to.
Total available balance or savings of all household accounts*
We may ask for evidence of this during the application process.
As your available balance/savings is over £4,000 you will not be eligible for a School Essentials Grant.
If you require any assistance completing this form, please contact our School Essentials Grant Team at pharmacy@groceryaid.org.uk contactable during office hours.

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Your contact details

To help us stay in touch about your application, and in case we need any extra information, please give us the best details to reach you on.

Please use a personal email address as we are unable to communicate to your work email address.

Please check your junk/spam folders to make sure you don't miss any emails. If we call, this will be from an 01252 number.
Email*

Confirmation EmailPlease re-enter your email address.
Telephone Number
How did you hear about us? *
Receiving your grant

Finally, we need your bank details. This is where we'll send your grant payment if your application is successful.

Please enter your details carefully, as once we send a payment, we can't reissue it!

If you've sent us evidence that you're living with a partner or spouse, we can also send the money to them - so you can add their name and bank details instead.
Account Name *
Enter first initial and surname only, this must be under 16 characters.
Account Number*
Please re-enter your Account Number*
Your Account Number does not match, please check and re-enter the correct details.
Sort Code*
Please re-enter your Sort Code*
Your Sort Code does not match, please check and re-enter the correct details.
If you have a building society bank account, please use the button below to add your reference.
Building Society Reference (if applicable)
Please take a minute to review your application and check you've included all the information we've asked for.
- I agree that all the information provided is true and correct and I've given full disclosure of all income, savings and investments. I will inform GroceryAid if anything changes during the application process.
- I confirm that I have uploaded evidence of my employment and benefits for my school-age children.
Once you have read the above information please select 'I Agree'.*

I Agree
I have uploaded one of the below forms of evidence to confirm my current community pharmacy employment.*
I have uploaded one of the below forms of evidence to confirm my income-related benefit.*
Application Status
Application Status Reason
Submitted Date

DayMonthYear
Response Date

DayMonthYear
If you require any assistance completing this form, please contact our School Essentials Grant Team at pharmacy@groceryaid.org.uk contactable during office hours.
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