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  • poppy12345
    poppy12345 Posts: 18,968 Forumite
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    You mention a community care grant but these are no longer available in England/Wales. They are only possible in Scotland. If living in Scotland it will be ADP you'll need to claim, not PIP.
  • Tiglet2
    Tiglet2 Posts: 2,709 Forumite
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    You mention a community care grant but these are no longer available in England/Wales. They are only possible in Scotland. If living in Scotland it will be ADP you'll need to claim, not PIP.

    This thread from the OP confirms it is Scottish Law  https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6395260/charging-me-rent-at-16/p1
  • hazyjo
    hazyjo Posts: 15,476 Forumite
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    The NextDoor site is worth looking at too. I've often seen people asking for assistance on there.
    2024 wins: *must start comping again!*
  • powerspowers
    powerspowers Posts: 1,382 Forumite
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    @gf3978114 how are you getting on? 
    MFW 2021 #76 £5,145
    MFW 2022 #27 £5,300 
    MFW 2023 #27 £2,000
    MFW 2024 #27 £6,055
    MFW 2025 #27 £5,075
    MFW 2026 #27 0/£1000


  • deannagone
    deannagone Posts: 1,114 Forumite
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    Thank you for the link to that thread.  I hope the OP gets further support.  I know what I was like when I left home at 17 and there was so much I didn't know and didn't know where to go to ask.  Mind you, there wasn't the internet resources then (lol, wasn't an internet at all lol).
  • sheramber
    sheramber Posts: 24,128 Forumite
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    There are often requests on out local facebook page called ' XXX  free, swop or share' for people who have just got their first house and have nothing.  

    It is amazing what they get offered for free. furniture, bedding, utensils,  pots and pans etc.
  • deannagone
    deannagone Posts: 1,114 Forumite
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    edited 19 July 2023 at 3:05PM
    Apolgies, what I typed was incorrect for Scotland, so deleted it.
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