I ve heard that priority makes a difference. What does this mean?
The social fund is a budget limited scheme. Each Social Fund District has a fixed annual budget for its geographical area. The budget is unlikely to be enough to pay all the eligible applicants for everything they need. Giving each item of expense a “priority” is the way of sorting out which should be paid. Expenses that have the most priority are more likely to be paid. Some of the less important expenses may have to be refused. Priority depends on how urgently the person needs the help and what part it will play in promoting community care in one of the ways described earlier. Decision Makers have to use their discretion to decide whether something is high, medium or even low priority. Each case must be considered in its particular circumstances. Some of the expenses a person needs to meet might be high priority, but others may not. Or, an item that is high priority in one person’s circumstances may be a medium or low priority in another person’s case. For example, you might be strug
