Self-Aid
Self-Aid is allocated at the discretion of AJR Trustees to assist AJR members on low incomes and/or those of limited means
Self-Aid constitutes a monthly grant with additional holiday grants paid at specific times of the year namely a winter-fuel payment and awards made to mark certain Jewish festivals: Passover, Rosh Hashanah and Chanukah.
The scheme is designed for the victims of Nazi oppression and is not strictly means tested. However, a person’s income, savings and expenditure are all taken into account when assessing eligibility. Also considered is the possibility of any private or family financial assistance and eligibility to any national welfare benefits.
Through Self-Aid the AJR can also make one-off grants for exceptional expenses or circumstances as long as the cost is defined, for example, the payment of dental costs or energy bills, as well as additional homecare. All requests are considered on a case-by-case basis.
“Firstly I would like to thank you all so much for the care that you took in helping me support my mother for the last few years of her life. Without the support from the AJR I have no idea how we would have coped.”
AJR Member
