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Warrington’s local support scheme is designed to make sure we make the best use of the limited funding available.
Before you apply
Firstly, have you looked in the following places that maybe able to help you?
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) are awarding short term benefit advances (gov.uk) and budgeting loans (gov.uk). If you are not in crisis or an emergency situation
Call:
The local support scheme replaced crisis loans and community care grants, which were abolished by the government in 2013. The scheme has significantly less funding than has previously been available.
The budget for the scheme is fixed, which means there will be no additional funding available if we run out. The service we provide must make the money available to help as many people as widely as we can, throughout the year.
Please note: When you click through to the application form, before you click 'apply for local support', please make sure you tick the box at the bottom of the page to say that you accept cookies from this site, otherwise you may not be able to complete the form.
The DWP will continue to administer the social fund statutory payments, if you are eligible.
These include: