A new welfare guide has been published by the Council to highlight to people across the Highlands the range of financial support and guidance which is available to them. The guide brings together a wide range of relevant financial advice with the aim of assisting those who are struggling to make ends meet.
Topics covered include:
- How Pension Credit can provide top-up payments and maximise income for pensioners;
- Additional entitlements which are available to those in receipt of Pension Credit;
- Information on Best Start Grants and Best Start Foods;
- Financial support for individuals who are required to self-isolate following a positive result for COVID (or because they have been identified as a close contact of someone who has tested positive);
- Grants which are available to young carers. The welfare guide can be viewed on Highland Council’s website.
Balintore & Hilton Community Council 