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Scottish Welfare Fund: statutory guidance – March 2021
An update to the Scottish Welfare Fund statutory guidance, previously published in May 2019, to include a section on the Self-isolation Support Grant and to correct any inaccuracies or anachronisms which have occurred since the previous publication.
Annex C - Factors That Might Increase The Vulnerability Of An Applicant
Some examples of factors that could contribute to a vulnerability which would give an application higher priority are set out below. This is not an exhaustive list and should not be used rigidly as a prioritisation list.
- Frailty or old age, particularly restricted mobility or difficulty performing personal care tasks
- Learning difficulties
- Poor literacy or numeracy skills
- Mental health issues
- Physical impairment or disability, including sensory impairments
- Chronic illnesses
- Terminal illnesses
- Addictions or misuse of alcohol, drugs or other substances
- Being an person with a conviction
- People fleeing domestic abuse
- People facing non-domestic abuse
- Being a young person affected by the UK Government's changes, from 1 April 2017, to entitlement to housing costs within Universal Credit for 18-21 year olds
- Being a young person leaving local authority care or a special residential school
- Being a young person who does not have parents or is unable to live with their parents because it would put them in danger or they have become estranged
- Looking after children for a relative or friend as a kinship carer
- Being a lone parent
- Children living with young parents aged under 25
- Children living with a disabled adult
- Children living in a large family with three or more children
- Experiencing separation, relationship or family breakdown
- Being a family who has been judged to be facing exceptional pressure
- Being pregnant, recent childbirth or adopting a child
- Having responsibility as a main care giver
- Homelessness, or repeated homelessness or under threat of homelessness
- Repeated failed tenancies
- Having an unsettled way of life (living in hostels, sofa-surfing, not having your own address)
- Experiencing eviction or re-possession
- Experiencing redundancy
- Leaving the armed forces
- A history of insecure work
- Being recently bereaved (immediate/close family member/spouse/partner)
- Being a Refugee
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Email: swfqueries@gov.scot
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