We’ve also grouped benefits into sections, which you may find useful:
16+
- 16-19 Bursary Fund
- Appointees
- Benefits and Work
- Benefits in residential college or care home
- Benefits in supported living
- Blue Badge
- Council Tax Help
- Discretionary trusts and means-tested benefits
- Education Maintenance Allowance (Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland)
- Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
- Housing Benefit – help with paying rent
- Incapacity Benefit
- Income Support
- Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA)
- NHS health benefits
- Personal Independence Payment (PIP)
- Universal Credit
- Working Tax Credit
Commonly Claimed Benefits
Benefits and Work
Benefits we know people miss out on
- 16-19 Bursary Fund
- Council Tax Discount scheme
- Discretionary trusts and means-tested benefits
- Education Maintenance Allowance (Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland)
- Employment and Support Allowance premiums
- Extra premiums on means-tested benefits and tax credits when you claim Disability Living Allowance (DLA)
- National insurance credits and Home Responsibilities Protection – protecting your NI record while caring
Benefits when living independently
Caring
- Carer’s Allowance
- National insurance credits and Home Responsibilities Protection – protecting your NI record while caring
Children under 16
- Benefits for babies
- Blue Badge
- Carer’s Allowance
- Child Benefit
- Child Tax Credit
- Disability Living Allowance (DLA)
- Discretionary trusts and means-tested benefits
- Extra premiums on means-tested benefits and tax credits when you claim Disability Living Allowance (DLA)
- Healthy Start
- Nappies – getting free nappies
- National insurance credits and Home Responsibilities Protection – protecting your NI record while caring
- Sure Start Maternity Grant
Education
- 16-19 Bursary Fund
- Benefits in residential college or care home
- Education Maintenance Allowance (Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland)
- Transport to school
- Universal Credit and Students
Health-related benefits
Housing
- Benefits in residential college or care home
- Benefits in supported living
- Cold Weather Payments
- Council Tax Discount & Exemptions
- Disabled Facilities Grant and Other Grants
- Energy efficiency and heating grants
- Housing Benefit – help with paying rent
- Mortgage Interest Support – help with paying the mortgage
- WaterSure – (Vulnerable groups scheme)
- Winter Fuel Payment
If you’re on a low income
- 16-19 Bursary Fund
- Budgeting Loans
- Carer’s Allowance
- Child Tax Credit
- Cold Weather Payments
- Council Tax Discount & Exemptions
- Education Maintenance Allowance (Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland)
- Energy efficiency and heating grants
- Extra premiums on means-tested benefits and tax credits when you claim Disability Living Allowance (DLA)
- Funeral payments
- Healthy Start
- Housing Benefit – help with paying rent
- Income Support
- Mortgage Interest Support – help with paying the mortgage
- Nappies – getting free nappies
- NHS health benefits
- National insurance credits and Home Responsibilities Protection – protecting your NI record while caring
- PDSA – free care for your pets if you are on a low income
- Sure Start Maternity Grant
- Turn2Us
- Universal Credit
- WaterSure – (Vulnerable groups scheme)
- Winter Fuel Payment
- Working Tax Credit
Other benefits if you get Disability Living Allowance or Personal Independence Payment
Other benefits if you get Employment and Support Allowance
- 16-19 Bursary Fund (England)
- Education Maintenance Allowance (Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland)
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