West Lothian Council has approved plans to reduce the priority level for Scottish Welfare Fund grants, which will mean more local people will be eligible. The council administers both Crisis and Community Care grants from the Scottish Welfare ... ...
In 2013, changes to the DWP Social Fund scheme meant that Crisis Loans for Living Expenses and Community Care Grants stopped. In their place is a scheme called Scottish Welfare Fund this is now being delivered by local Councils and provides two types of grant:***Crisis Gra DOI: http://www...
According to this view, the only proper way to increase grants is by finding the cash from some other budget, or more tax, and until that happens it is better to put up with what we have than to raid the fee budget. I don’t expect any real shift in policy here or even in what ...