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Independent Living Fund

The Independent Living Fund (ILF) was set up and financed by Central Government as a national resource dedicated to the financial support of disabled people and enabling them to choose to live in the community rather than residential care.

Care funding through the Independent Living Fund (93 Fund)

There are two funds – the 93 Fund and the Extension Fund. They are publicly financed discretionary trusts making regular four-weekly payments to individuals that can be used to buy personal care in the community. Recipients may use care agencies or employ personal assistants but may not employ relatives who live in the same house. The funds function in the same way as a Direct Payments Scheme.

The original ILF was closed to new applicants at the end of March 1993 when new community care funding arrangements were put in place. The Extension Fund was set up to continue paying awards to people who were clients of the original ILF. The 93 Fund was set up at the same time to accept new applications from people who need more help than their local authority was able to provide. The Fund acts in joint partnership with local authorities but acts as a ‘top-up’ to their services and is not available on its own.

For more information please contact Central Advice and Duty Team.

 

 

 

 

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