Income Support
This is a benefit that you may be able to receive if you have no income or the Department for Work & Pensions think that your income is too low. If you are receiving Carers Allowance you will be entitled to a Carers Premium in your Income Support and you may be eligible for Community Care Grants for items like bedding, furniture, fares for visiting hospital and other items from the Social Fund.
You may be able to claim if:
You can’t be available for full-time work and don’t have enough money to live on.
You may be able to get Income Support if you’re aged 16 to 59 and any of the following apply:
- you’re a lone parent (until the child is of a certain age)
- you’re registered sick or disabled
- you’re a student and either a lone parent or disabled
- you’re caring for someone who’s sick or elderly
- you’re pregnant and your baby is due within the next 11 weeks, or you have given birth recently and your baby was born within the last 15 weeks
and the following apply:
- your savings are below a set figure
- you’re not working or you work on average 16 hours or less a week
Amount:
Depends on circumstances
More information
DirectGov – Benefits, Tax Credits and Other Support – DG10018708
Carers Allowance & the Carers Premium/Addition (Factsheet UK1013) February 2010
Talk to an advisor at the Citizen’s Advice Bureau
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