Scottish Welfare Fund
The Scottish Welfare Fund is administered by councils in Scotland to provide financial support to people who are facing a crisis or need help to live in the community. It is normally a one-off grant for living expenses or household goods:
Appeal a decision
If you are unhappy with our decision about your claim, you can ask for the decision to be looked at again. This is called a first tier review.
To request a review, please email asatswf@aberdeenshire.gov.uk within 20 days of our original decision. In your email, explain why you think the decision was wrong. The email should be sent by the person who made the original claim.
The review will be handled by a different decision maker who was not involved in the original decision-making process.
For more information view the challenging decisions leaflet (PDF 307KB).
If you are still unhappy with our decision you can ask the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman to carry out an independent review. The Ombudsman is not part of the council and the service is free.