Apply for a Community Care Grant

Community Care Grants help people on low incomes when moving out of residential care to live independently in the community.

How to use this service

Use the links below to download and complete a claim form or contact the Social Security Agency for a claim form.

Claim Online

You cannot claim a Community Care Grant online.

Download a form

A Community Care Grant is to provide commuity care.

• Community Care Grant Form SF300 (PDF 190KB)
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You make a claim by printing out a claim form and filling it in. When you have filled in the form you can either:

• post it to the office whose details are shown on the form, or
• hand it in at your nearest Social Security / Jobs and Benefits office
• Social Security / Jobs and Benefits office (contacts section)

Important: The date the claim form is received in a Social Security Agency office is the date we can consider payment from - not the date you downloaded the claim form.

Ask for a form

You can get Community Care Grant forms from the Social Security Agency.  Contact one of their offices.

• Social Security / Jobs and Benefits office (contacts section)
• Benefit Shop Castle Court (contacts section)

More useful links

• Community Care Grants (money, tax and benefits)