Local welfare assistance scheme

Local welfare assistance schemes are a feature of the British welfare system following the abolition of the discretionary element of the Social Fund. LWAS replaced crisis loans and community care grants which were to elements of the Social Fund.^[1] An example of a local welfare assistance scheme is the Essential Living Fund in Essex.

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v Social Fund in the United Kingdom
Regulated element	Cold weather payment Funeral payment Sure Start Maternity Grant Winter Fuel Payment
Discretionary element (abolished)	Community care grant Crisis loan Budgeting loan
Welfare Reform Act 2012	Local welfare assistance scheme Short term benefit advance
Social Fund Commissioners	Rosalind Mackworth (1987–1995) John Scampion (1995–2000) Sir Richard Tilt (2000–2009) Karamjit Singh (2009–2013)