COVID-19 Helpful links
Apprentices
Covid-19 FAQs for Apprentices
https://www.skillsdevelopmentscotland.co.uk/coronavirus-covid-19/pupils-learners-and-apprentices/
Businesses
Scot Gov Advice for Businesses
Scottish Government Release on Business Helpline
£1bn Business Support Fund opens
Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
Help with non-domestic rates in Scotland during coronavirus (COVID-19)
Council Tax
Funding available for councils to meet increase in applications for the existing Council Tax Reduction Scheme.
CAS advice on Council Tax Reduction Scheme.
Creative Sector
Dentistry
British Dental Association guidance
Domestic abuse
Scotland’s National Domestic Abuse and Forced Marriage Helpline .
Rape Crisis Covid-19 textline and helpline
Scottish Women’s Rights Centre
Education
Guidance for parents and families
Childcare provision for key workers
Update on School Closures and Exams
Energy
Energy Saving Trust advice for home heating and energy use during COVID-19
Emergency Powers
Health
Advice for professionals and organisations
Housing and Homelessness
General advice
Shelter advice page Homelessness:
Cabinet Secretary Statement Response on Homelessness
Homeowners:
Money Advice Service on mortgage holidays
Tenants
SFHA: No social housing tenant evictions during Covid-19
Insurance
First Minster’s response to FMQ on Business Insurance, 19th March
Statement from Association of British Insurers on Covid-19 insurance
Justice
Statement from Chief Constable
Scottish Courts & Tribunals advice on business changes
COPFS advice to those due to attend court
Key workers
Criteria provided to local authorities to determine local need
School and ELC closures – guidance for key workers
Local authorities
Nurses and Midwives
Motorists
Older People
PPE
First Minister’s FMQ Response on PPE, 19th March
Religious groups
Social distancing advice to “minimise social contact by avoiding crowded areas and large gatherings, including religious congregations”
Specific announcements :
Rural
Seafood industry advice from Seafish
Self-employed
Scottish Government’s call for more action to help self-employed
HMRC Helpline for self-employed people and businesses
UK Government release on DWP support, including for the self-employed
Citizens Advice Scotland advice
Small Businesses
Social Security
Universal Credit advice on social security for those with Covid-19
Travel
Domestic: Transport Scotland
International: FCO
Testing
COVID-19 testing to get key workers back to work
First Minster’s FMQ response on testing, 25th March
Third Sector
£20 million allocated to a Third Sector Resilience Fund, to help ensure the health and continued viability of the third sector organisations affected by cash flow and other problems, which have a key role to play in our national response Volunteers:
Volunteering
Health Sector
Information on Ready Scotland website
Third Sector
Workers
Protecting workers during coronavirus outbreak
UK Government Guidance for Employees
House of Commons blog on Employment Rights
Business Advice
Advice for employees who are being challenged:
https://www.acas.org.uk/coronavirus
ACAS phone number is 0141 280 4626
Scottish Trades Union Congress – STUC
Business Rates Support
https://www.mygov.scot/non-domestic-rates-coronavirus/
Business Interruption Loan Scheme- British Business Bank
Information on all business support
MOT Exemption details
For the Self Employed, those with immediate cashflow problems
Universal Credit
https://www.gov.uk/universal-credit
Crisis Grants from Local Authorities
North Lanarkshire: https://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=26378/
Council Tax Reduction
North Lanarkshire: https://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=7835
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