Here is a list of seven LWA Schemes that have closed. They all closed this April except Oxfordshire, which closed in 2014. There are two in London. I attach a CSV spreadsheet in case the list below is unreadable.
LWAS Authority Local Authority LWASname Closed
Bexley Bexley Local Welfare Provision 01/04/2015
Hillingdon Hillingdon Welfare Support Scheme 01/04/2015
North East Lincolnshire North East Lincolnshire Crisis Awards and Community Support Grants 01/04/2015
North Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire Crisis Awards and Care Awards 01/04/2015
Northamptonshire Corby Sustaining Independent Living Scheme 01/04/2015
Northamptonshire Daventry Sustaining Independent Living Scheme 01/04/2015
Northamptonshire East Northamptonshire Sustaining Independent Living Scheme 01/04/2015
Northamptonshire Kettering Sustaining Independent Living Scheme 01/04/2015
Northamptonshire Northampton Sustaining Independent Living Scheme 01/04/2015
Northamptonshire South Northamptonshire Sustaining Independent Living Scheme 01/04/2015
Northamptonshire Wellingborough Sustaining Independent Living Scheme 01/04/2015
Nottinghamshire Ashfield Emergency advice service 01/04/2015
Nottinghamshire Bassetlaw Emergency advice service 01/04/2015
Nottinghamshire Broxtowe Emergency advice service 01/04/2015
Nottinghamshire Mansfield Emergency advice service 01/04/2015
Nottinghamshire Newark and Sherwood Emergency advice service 01/04/2015
Nottinghamshire Rushcliffe Emergency advice service 01/04/2015
Nottinghamshire Gedling Emergency advice service 01/04/2015
Oxfordshire Cherwell Support Fund 31/03/2014
Oxfordshire Oxford Support Fund 31/03/2014
Oxfordshire South Oxfordshire Support Fund 31/03/2014
Oxfordshire Vale of White Horse Support Fund 31/03/2014
Oxfordshire West Oxfordshire Support Fund 31/03/2014
I’m working on the Local Welfare Assistance project here at CPAG, having taken over from Dan Norris. I’m always glad to hear of info to update http://www.cpag.org.uk/lwas which can be emailed to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
See http://www.cpag.org.uk/content/where-next-local-welfare-assistance-and-emergency-provision for my recent blog news and update.
