North Yorkshire Local Assistance Fund - NYLAF

About

The fund provides practical support for vulnerable people who are moving into or seeking to remain within the community; for example, you may have recently experienced a crisis and need a few basic essential items to help you cope. 

Eligible applicants can apply for food and / or utilities vouchers up to four times due to temporary uplift in awards. There will be no minimum period that eligible applicants will have to wait before making another application during this time. An applicant may apply again in the same period where entitlement has run out only where it can be evidenced that circumstances have changed however.

As long as an applicant is eligible, food, clothing and beds and bedding awards can all stack and do not count as multiple awards. 

Eligibility for support

Support will be targeted, although not restricted, to the following groups:

• carers
• families who are under exceptional pressure
• individuals recently released from prison
• people with learning or physical disabilities
• people with mental health problems
• people who have a drug or alcohol dependency
• those who are homeless
• those who have experienced domestic abuse

To be eligible for Local Assistance Fund support in North Yorkshire you must also be able to demonstrate that you:

• are 16 years old or over
• live in, or are moving into North Yorkshire
• receive a means-tested benefit or have a household income below the low income threshold (currently £16,105) and less than £1,000 in capital
• have exhausted all other forms of support
• are receiving support from an Authorised Agent 

To find out more or apply to NYLAF please go to our website www.northyorks.gov.uk/local-assistance-fund