Care and support

Social fund

Jobcentre plus can help you with one-off payments to meet special needs, emergencies or crises. There are grants that can be paid to help you set up on your own for example or buy baby items. There are also loans, which you have to repay out of your benefit. These are sometimes available to you when you are waiting for your first benefit payment to come through – this is called a crisis loan.

For more information select the link entitled claiming money from the social fund on the right hand side of this page.