Financial Support

Special arrangements for under 18s

If you are 16 or 17 and you're a care leaver, we have a legal responsibility to support you financially. This means we will pay your rent (as long as it is reasonable) and a personal allowance for your living costs.

If you go to college, you can receive a regular weekly allowance as an incentive payment.

All these payments will go straight into your bank account, so you'll need to set one up as soon as possible.

Your rent will be paid directly into your landlord's bank account so you'll need details about that as well.

Your aftercare social worker can help you.

Home Establishment Grant

You can have a Home Establishment Grant when you leave care to help you set up home. This can buy carpets, furniture and so on.

Your aftercare social worker can help you.

One-off costs

You may have to pay for a work uniform or college equipment, or things like driving lessons and leisure activities. There may be other things as well. We can help to pay for these.

Extra costs like this are usually agreed in your Pathway Plan.

Your aftercare social worker can help you.

University costs

If you want to go to university, we can pay for your accommodation, give you a personal allowance and cover the cost of books and equipment. You can also get a personal computer.

We wil also help towards the cost of vacation accommodation.

Your aftercare social worker can help you.

Incentive payments for education, training or work

You could get a regular weekly allowance for attending college or a training course and you may also get a bonus for making good progress.

Your aftercare social worker can help you.