Summary of financial help
This page is a quick reference overview of the financial help a care leaver can receive.
You can find further details about the assistance and how to get it on the financial information pages. Just follow the relevant link.
Benefits
On the benefits page you can find information about:
- Universal Credit
- Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and other benefits for disabled people
- help for asylum seekers
- benefit calculators
Housing finance
On the housing finance page you can find out about:
- setting up home allowance
- moving day voucher
- a DIY toolkit
- rent in advance
- deposit
- guarantor scheme
- holding deposit
- removals and moving allowance
- council tax
- mortgage deposit assistance
Education and training finance
On the education and training finance page you can find out about:
- 16 to 19 bursary fund
- education and employment support allowance
- apprenticeship bursary
- higher education bursary
- university accommodation
- UNITE Foundation
- student finance
- graduation allowance
- support for masters degrees
Allowances and assistance
The allowances and assistance page gives information about how you can get help with:
- keeping in touch with family
- cultural allowance
- identification documents
- travel to Home Office appointments
- care leavers in custody allowance
- driving and motorcycle lessons
- access to lifestyle savings benefits
- health essentials allowance
- pre-payment prescription certificate
- NHS Low Income Scheme
- annual clothing allowance
- festive gathering and birthday gifts
- celebration gift
Financial support if you are pregnant or a parent
On the financial support if you are pregnant or a parent page you can find out about:
- maternity allowance
- antenatal allowance
- new parent allowance
- other help for parents
Money management
On the money management page you can find out about:
- discretionary payment
- organisations that can help you if you are in difficulty