PAYMENTS of £500 are now available to Copeland residents that have been financially affected by their child self-isolating.
Currently, Test Support Payments are only paid to eligible individuals on a low income, who are instructed to self-isolate through the NHS Test and Trace service. The Additional Discretionary Support Payment Scheme allows Copeland Council to make payments to parents and guardians who work and will lose wages through having to care for a dependant who has been instructed to self-isolate and cannot attend school or a childcare facility.
Eligible residents will receive £500 per household, for each 10-day isolation period, and claims can be backdated to January 19, 2021. Households must earn £26,000 per year, or less. Information at: www.copeland.gov.uk/additional-discretionary-support-payment-scheme
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