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Publication - Statistics

Scottish Welfare Fund Statistics: update to 30 June 2025

Published
28 October 2025
Directorate
Tackling Child Poverty and Social Justice Directorate
Topic
Communities and third sector

The quarterly update of Scottish Welfare Fund Statistics for April to June 2025. This includes quarterly statistics on Community Care Grants and Crisis Grants from 2021 onwards.

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During April to June 2025, decisions were made on 19,625 Community Care Grant applications with an acceptance rate of 54% (Tables 12 and 14, and Chart 6) and decisions were made on 61,840 Crisis Grant applications with an acceptance rate of 65% (Tables 15 and 17, and Chart 7).

Chart 6: Community Care Grant and Crisis Grant acceptance rates – Quarterly
This chart shows the time series of the rate of CCG and Crisis awards per quarter since April 2021.
Chart 6

Local authorities awarded 10,575 Community Care Grants, 1,095 (12%) more than April to June 2024 (Table 13, Chart 7) and 40,315 Crisis Grants, 1,365 (3%) more than April to June 2024 (Table 16, Chart 7).

Chart 7: Number of Scottish Welfare Fund Awards – Scotland – Monthly
This chart shows the time series of the number of CCG and Crisis awards per quarter since April 2021.
Chart 7

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