Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
social fund
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ About 245,000 people receive community care grants through the social fund and one million get crisis loans.
▪ Cold Weather Payments are also made from the social fund.
▪ His fingerprints are also to be found on the introduction of the hated social fund.
▪ She has two children under five and has just £50 to spend as she is currently paying off a social fund loan.
▪ The social fund has given extensive help to people in real need.
▪ The average social fund grant for furniture in 1990-1 was £377, excluding grants for washing machines.
Wikipedia
Social Fund
The term social fund may refer to:
- Social fund in developing countries which provides financing (usually grants) for small-scale public investments
- The European Social Fund
- the UK's Social Fund, part of the system of Social Security.
Social Fund (UK)
The Social Fund in the UK was a form of welfare benefit provision payable for exceptional or intermittent needs, in addition to regular payments such as Jobseeker's Allowance or Income Support.
The United Kingdom coalition government has abolished the discretionary social fund with effect from April 2013, by means of legislation contained in the Welfare Reform Act 2012. Community care grants and crisis loans will be abolished from April 2013 and instead funding is being made available to local authorities in England and to the devolved administrations to provide such assistance in their areas as they see fit.