Financial support for individuals

Guidance and services

• Get financial help to pay your bills during the coronavirus pandemic
  Financial support to help pay your rent, mortgage or bills if you are currently working, self-employed, ill and cannot work, been made redundant or on furlough.
• Self-isolation support scheme
  You could get a payment of £500 to help with loss of earnings if you’ve been told to self-isolate and cannot work from home.
• Find your local authority to apply for a self-isolation payment
  You can apply for a payment of £500 from your local authority if you’ve been told to self-isolate and cannot work from home.
• Covid-19 self-isolation support scheme: privacy notice
  Privacy notice for Self-isolation support scheme.
• Get financial or debt advice
  Services offering free impartial money and debt advice.
• Discretionary Assistance Fund (DAF)
  The Discretionary Assistance Fund provides 2 types of grant that you do not need to pay back.
• Apply for a loan to help pay your rent arrears due to coronavirus
  You can apply for a Tenancy Saver Loan from a credit union if you’ve not been able to pay your rent due to coronavirus.
• Problems paying your mortgage during the coronavirus pandemic
  What to do if you cannot pay your mortgage, missed a payment or your lender is trying to repossess your home.
• Problems paying your rent during the coronavirus pandemic
  What to do if you are struggling to pay your rent to your landlord, council or housing association and help to pay it.
• Problems paying your bills during the coronavirus pandemic
  What to do if you are having problems paying your rent, mortgage, council tax, electricity, gas and other household bills.
• Check if your employer can get help to keep you employed
  Find out if you’re eligible, and how much your employer can claim if they put you on temporary leave ('furlough') because of coronavirus.
• COVID-19 statutory sick pay enhancement scheme
  Support for care workers who are required to stay off work due to actual or suspected COVID-19 or because they have to self-isolate.

Policy and background Includes strategy, reports, projects and assessments.

• Covid-19 statutory sick pay enhancement scheme: eligibility checker
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  Check whether you are eligible for the COVID-19 statutory sick pay enhancement scheme for social care staff.