Local welfare assistance schemes are a feature of the British welfare system following the abolition of the discretionary element of the
Social Fund A social fund (sometimes also called ''Social Investment Fund'', ''Social Fund for Development'', ''Social Action Fund'', ''National Solidarity Fund'' or ''Social Development Agency'') is an institution, typically in a developing country, that provi ...
. LWAS replaced crisis loans and community care grants which were to elements of the Social Fund.
An example of a local welfare assistance scheme is the
Essential Living Fund in
Essex
Essex ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East of England, and one of the home counties. It is bordered by Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, the North Sea to the east, Kent across the Thames Estuary to the ...
.
References
Welfare in the United Kingdom
Social Fund (UK)
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