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