Local welfare assistance scheme

Local welfare assistance schemes are a feature of the British welfare system following the abolition of the discretionary element of the Social Fund. LWAS replaced crisis loans and community care grants which were to elements of the Social Fund.^[1] An example of a local welfare assistance scheme is the Essential Living Fund in Essex.

References

↑ http://www.cpag.org.uk/lwas

Social Fund in the United Kingdom

Regulated element	Funeral payment Sure Start Maternity Grant Cold weather payment Winter Fuel Payment

Discretionary element (abolished)	Crisis loan Budgeting loan Community care grant

Welfare Reform Act 2012	Local welfare assistance scheme Short term benefit advance Budgeting advance

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