Extension for consultation on Islington Council’s Non-Recent Child Abuse Proposed Support Payment Scheme

Consultation will now run until Wednesday, 2 June, to give more time for people to take part.  Comments and suggestions can be made on the council website.

The proposed scheme would enable abuse survivors to receive a financial support payment of £8,000, without having to bring a civil compensation claim. Payments would be made through a process that is as straightforward and quick to access as possible, and that minimises the need to re-live past trauma, or the risk of further trauma or harm.

The support payment scheme is not a compensation scheme; it is designed to sit alongside the existing civil compensation route, not to replace it.  The scheme would have no bearing on any civil compensation claims that abuse survivors may bring, except that a payment made under the scheme would be deducted from any compensation payment made.

The scheme would become part of the council’s existing support offer for survivors which includes trauma counselling, specialist advice support and assistance for care, housing, appropriate welfare benefits, access to further education and employment and support to access care records.