Who is eligible?
Grant assistance is available for a household claiming qualifying benefits or if over 60 with severe health related conditions.
Qualifying benefits:
- universal credit (not when your UC award is £0.00)
- income support
- income-related employment and support allowance (not contribution-based ESA alone)
- income-based jobseeker’s allowance (not contribution-based JSA alone)
- guarantee pension credit (not savings pension credit alone)
- working tax credit and/or child tax credit where your household income for the purpose of tax credits assessment was below £15,050
- housing benefit
Severe health-related conditions (for over 60’s – medical G.P. or NHS certification is required):
- dementia or severe mental illness
- respiratory disease
- cardiovascular disease
- autoimmune disease
- haemoglobinopathies
How to apply
Contact the Grant Team on 020 7527 3104 or email grants.residential@islington.gov.uk