Who pays for Supporting People support services?

Who Pays for Supporting People Support Services:

There is no charge to receive support in most services.

The only exceptions to this apply to:

Sheltered housing for the elderly
Community alarm services

See below for details:

Sheltered Housing and Community Alarms

If You Receive Housing Benefit:
If you receive Housing Benefit then the service is free of charge.

If You Do Not Receive Housing Benefit:
Even if you do not get Housing Benefit you may still get help in paying your support charge if you have savings of less than £23,250 for a single person or £46,500 for a couple. If you have less savings than the above amount you may get help under our Fairer Charging Policy..

To be considered for this assistance please contact the Supporting People Team on 01926 742965.

More detail about Fairer Charging are available by using the following links:

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