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A guide to applying for a payment from the Hardship Fund. The fund helps low paid workers who are victims of crime.
If your Universal Credit is reduced because of a sanction or penalty for fraud, you can apply for a hardship payment to help meet your immediate basic essential needs.
Apply for a review of legal aid in criminal proceedings on the grounds of hardship.
Guidance on what to do if you're struggling financially as a result of your student finance entitlement being reduced, because you were overpaid.
How to ask the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to review a previous request to stop (waive) Recoverable Hardship Payment repayments made between 1 January 2014 and 11 January 2021.
Apply to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) Hardship Fund if you have to take time off work because you're the victim of violent crime
Ad hoc statistical analysis 2012 quarter 3: The number of hardship awards in 2011/12.
Get help and extra support when dealing with HMRC if you have additional needs - for example you have a disability or health condition, if English is not your first language or if you’re experiencing domestic abuse or financial hardship.
Bursaries and scholarships from universities or colleges including hardship funds.
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