The Widows' Grant
Covid-19 Update
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We have changed the way we will pay the widow's grant. We will not be paying you in person at Oulton Institute in January, so please do not attend.​ Instead, we will hand deliver your cheque to your home address.
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To qualify for the widows' grant, you need to have been widowed whilst living in the area and you still need to be living nearby.
The amount of the grant changes each year depending on the number of applicants. For example, in recent years it has been between £30 and £40.
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To apply you need to complete an application form which can be downloaded from this website or collected from Londis at Beechwood. Applications need to be made by 31st December.
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Once you have applied and been accepted you will be eligible from then on - you don’t need to complete a new form every year.
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The grant is paid out every year between January and February, and will be hand delivered to your home address.
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The grant is paid out every year, and will be hand delivered to your home address sometime between January and early February.
Applications must be sent in by the 31st December.
Please do not hesitate to contact us via email or by using the form on the contacts page, if you know of any widow who will no longer be in need of, or collecting their grant, and we will amend our records accordingly.