{"id":20,"date":"2021-10-06T09:24:14","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T09:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/durhamcarers.info\/?page_id=20"},"modified":"2026-04-09T13:56:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T13:56:20","slug":"benefits-and-financial-matters","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/durhamcarers.info\/index.php\/help-and-advice\/benefits-and-financial-matters\/","title":{"rendered":"Benefits and financial matters"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Links that will help you and the person that you care for receive financial help and support.<\/p>\n

Benefits for carers<\/h2>\n

If you are over 16 years old, you may be eligible for\u00a0Carer’s allowance<\/a>\u00a0to help you look after someone with substantial caring needs, if you\u00a0spend at least 35 hours a week caring for them. Carer’s Allowance is taxable. It can also affect your other benefits.<\/p>\n

You could get\u00a0Carer’s credit<\/a>\u00a0if you’re caring for someone for at least 20 hours a week, and are over 16 years of age and under State Pension age. Carer’s Credit is a National Insurance credit which helps build your entitlement to the basic State Pension and additional State Pension.<\/p>\n

You can also find out more\u00a0from Durham County Council’s Benefits for carers<\/a>\u00a0page.<\/p>\n

Energy saving grants and loans<\/h2>\n

Visit the\u00a0Energy Saving Trust<\/a>\u00a0website for details of how they can help you save money on your energy bills.<\/p>\n

Other forms of financial help, carers may be entitled to<\/h2>\n

Information from Carers UK: financial help<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Gov.uk\u00a0– benefits<\/h3>\n

Gov.uk: benefits information<\/a><\/p>\n

Turn2us<\/h3>\n

Turn2us<\/a>\u00a0is a charitable service which helps people access the money available to them – through welfare benefits, grants and other help.<\/p>\n

Welfare Rights<\/h3>\n

Durham County Council’s\u00a0Benefits advice or help with a benefits appeal<\/a>\u00a0service can help with questions and problems on a wide range of benefits and entitlements, give you information on what benefits you might be entitled to and how to claim them.<\/p>\n

Money Advice Service<\/h3>\n

Find out what benefits you’re entitled to and learn about Universal Credit on the\u00a0Money Advice Service: benefits information<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Crisis and Resilience Fund<\/h3>\n

The Crisis and Resilience Fund<\/a> is a national grant funded by the UK government. It supports low-income households who encounter a financial shock.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Links that will help you and the person that you care for receive financial help and support. Benefits for carers If you are over 16 years old, you may be eligible for\u00a0Carer’s allowance\u00a0to help you look after someone with substantial caring needs, if you\u00a0spend at least 35 hours a week caring for them. Carer’s Allowance […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":369,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-20","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry"},"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/durhamcarers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/durhamcarers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/durhamcarers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/durhamcarers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/durhamcarers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/durhamcarers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":613,"href":"https:\/\/durhamcarers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20\/revisions\/613"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/durhamcarers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/durhamcarers.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}