Community Care Grant

i am going on the waiting list to get a place and i heard you can get a community care grant obv if you havnt got the money to furnish the whole place they help ..
just wondering if anyones had this before and not to be nosey how much you got?
because i really dont wanna get a place then have it mainly empty coz i cant afford everything xx

hi yes i got one.. but i only got 320.. enoughto get a single bed and a cooker.. im lucky i had money left over.. my friend got 520 though.. u probably wont get over 600 tbh..

oh and it took about 2 months for mine to come through. i got denied first time even though i had lived in a hostel for the last 2 yrs, i had to get my key worker to write a letter for me

i looked this up the other day because i heard i would get one but it all depends on what benifits you get... ive just got offered 170 crisis loan but got to pay that back and it isnt really much considering what im going to need when i move next week xx

This isn't what you were asking but I believe that places like the Salvation Army will help you out with furniture etc if you have a place to live and nothing to put in it. A friend got help from them, this was several years ago but I should think that they would still do it. OK it's not the latest designer furniture (all stuff that's been donated) but everything was clean and neat and in good condition, not old junk, and most definitely better than sitting on the floor! Might be worth looking into?

I got a community care grant when i first moved into my house, and i think i got around £500. That was to buy a bed, cooker, fridge/freezer, carpets etc. They will only give you the money for essential things so when filling in the forms make sure you put in for essentials such as carpets, bed, cooker, etc.

wiganlass i have to pay mine bk..

I just did a bit of Googling and you could also try the 'furniture re-use network': "The FRN promote reuse of unwanted furniture and household items for the alleviation of need, hardship, distress and poverty." http://www.frn.org.uk, click on 'Need furniture' for a list of addresses.

Hope that helps some of you, it's definitely worth checking out - they are there to help people on low incomes who need furniture and electrical goods, so I'm sure they would love to hear from you

Hun it's more than likely you#ll get a budgeting loan xxxxx
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oh how strange people got such small amounts, i got £1100 when i got mine.
but i had nothing and listed everything!!! even down to kitchen utensils and everything like that. xxx

Free cycle is amazing. I do work for Womens Aid and I just got four bags of stuff for the women in the hostel that i do work for. Some of the stuff people put on is nearly new. I got my brother a leather suite. XX