Finances
We will try to help you financially, in a similar way to how parents would support their own children.
Our help includes:
- providing a leaving care grant to help you to buy essential things like white goods and furniture when moving into your own home, which government currently recommends should be a minimum of £3,000. This applies to those who have turned 18 after 1st April 2023. If this does not apply to you, you will be eligible for a £2,000 grant
- giving you exemptions to or discounts on paying Council Tax
- providing or telling you about relevant money management courses
- information on how to access your Junior ISA, if you have one (a fund of money set aside by the government and the council)
- support to open a bank account
- support to gain important identification documents, such as a passport and/or provisional driving licence, before your 18th birthday
- support to get your National Insurance number
- where you need financial support in an emergency, your worker will advise you of local support services, for example, local food banks or other local services
- providing a financial gift at birthdays and Christmas or other celebrations up to the age of 21