Information & Tips Healthy Food Millions Going Unclaimed - Claim What's Yours By Amanda Eleftheriades Are you one of thousands of households missing out on millions of pounds? Families who received a prepaid card to help with the cost of healthy food are being urged to check their balance. Best Start Foods helps with the cost of buying healthy food and milk Clydesider Editor • Benefits Campaign
Benefit Spotlight: Scottish Welfare Fund Who Is It For? Anyone aged 16 or older who is on a low income, OR getting certain benefits, can apply for a grant from the Scottish Welfare Fund. There are different grants you can apply for depending on your circumstances. You do not need to pay these grants back. Clydesider Editor • Benefits Campaign
Information & Tips Support Hub Services: The Big Disability by John Donnelly The Big Disability Hub in Dalmuir has a range of external service providers offering support with benefit applications. Cunninghame Solicitors A small firm of Glasgow-based solicitors their work mainly involves legal advice and representation in relation to disability benefit applications, appeals, power of attorney and guardianship applications. Clydesider Editor • Benefits Campaign
Benefit Spotlight: Pension Credits Who is it for? For people over state pension age who are on a low income. Take up is extremely low with an estimated 123,000 households in Scotland not claiming their entitlement. The aim is to top up your weekly income to a weekly guaranteed minimum. It is separate Clydesider Editor • Benefits Campaign
Benefit Spotlight: Carers Benefits Who is it for? There are three different benefits/awards people in Scotland could be eligible for if they are caring for someone. * Carer’s Allowance – is available for someone with earnings (after NI and expenses) of £139 or less a week, who spends at least 35 hours a week Clydesider Editor • Issue 21
Information & Tips Check Your Council Tax Could you be paying too much Council Tax? There are lots of reasons why you might be entitled to a discount or even fully exempt from paying Council Tax. These include living alone, being a student, being disabled, being mentally impaired or in receipt of certain other benefits. Also if Clydesider Editor • Benefits Campaign
