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Last updated December 2002
This benefit is dealt with by: Jobcentre
Plus.
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The Social Fund provides lump sum payments, grants and loans.
Savings of £500 or more (£1,000 for those aged 60 or over) may
affect how much you get (except for Cold Weather Payments and
Winter Fuel Payments).
Grants and loans from the Social Fund are discretionary and not
for a standard amount.
You may be able to get help from the Social Fund for important
costs that are hard to pay for out of your regular income.
If you are leaving residential or institutional accommodation,
need help to stay in your own home, have had an unsettled way
of life, or are facing exceptional pressure, you may be able to
get a Community
Care Grant.
(Residential or institutional accommodation means a place where
you get a lot of care or supervision, like hospital, prison or
residential care and nursing homes.)
If you need things for your home or other things that you cannot
pay for in a lump sum, and you get Income
Support or income-based Jobseeker's
Allowance, or payment on account of one of these benefits,
you may be able to get a Budgeting
Loan.
If you need immediate help with day-to-day living costs or something
else in an emergency, you may be able to get a Crisis
Loan.
If you need help to buy things for a new baby and you or your
partner get a low-income benefit or tax credit, you may be able
to get a Sure
Start Maternity Grant.
(We use partner to mean a person you are married to or a person
you are living with as if you are married to them).
If you get a low-income benefit or tax credit and need help towards
paying for a funeral, you may be able to get a Funeral
Payment.
If you or your partner are getting Income
Support or income-based Jobseeker's
Allowance, and have a child aged under 5, or you are disabled
or aged 60 or over, you may be able to get a Cold
Weather Payment.
Winter
Fuel Payments are paid to eligible households that include
someone aged 60 or over to help with their winter fuel bills.
Remember that this website is only a general guide to benefits
and schemes and is not a full and authoritative statement of the
law. We have made every effort to ensure that the information
on this website is correct at the date shown at the top of this
page. However, changes in the law may make the website become
gradually less accurate.
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