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Apply for a Budgeting Loan (form SF500)
You can apply for a Budgeting Loan if you or your partner are getting a low income benefit and need help buying things like furniture, clothes or certain expenses to do with living or working.
How to use this service
You can download a Budgeting Loan form in PDF format. The form comes with notes that will help you fill it in and tell you where to send the completed form.
To access the form you will need a copy of Adobe Reader. Information on how to download this for free is available on the right panel of this page.
This online service is available in England, Scotland and Wales only.
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