Step Into Spring!!! Get help with the cost of new shoes
Unison’s charity, There for You, is launching a Step into Spring Grant at 12 noon on 19th March 2026.
If you’re a UNISON member on a low income, you can apply for a £30 voucher per qualifying person in your household towards the cost of shoes. You can apply for a voucher for yourself, your partner and your dependent children (if applicable).
The grant will only be open for 24 hours and there is certain eligibility criteria:
Applicants must:
- Be a UNISON member and have paid at least four weeks’ subscriptions as of 19 March 2026. Subscriptions must be up to date.
- Not have received a grant from UNISON Welfare since 19 September 2025, excluding the Seasonal Food Fund
And EITHER:
Be on a low income, meaning a net household income* of no more than £28,205/year (£2,350.42/month)**.
OR:
Be in receipt of means-tested benefits. This includes:
- Universal Credit
- Housing Benefit
- Child and/or Working Tax Credits
- Pension Credit
- Means-tested Jobseekers Allowance
- Means-tested Employment Support Allowance
- Income Support
* Net household income includes your monthly take-home pay from work (plus your partner’s, if you have one), any income from child maintenance payments, any income from student finance loans or bursaries, pensions (excluding Pension Credit), income from savings and any income from people living with you (e.g. adult children or lodgers).
** Where members either have no recourse to public funds and their household income is above £28,205/year an assessment will be undertaken to see whether they would be eligible for benefits if they did have recourse to public funds so that they are not disadvantaged.
All applications should be made online. The application form and full details of the grant can be found HERE
Eligible members will be chosen at random from the applicant pool and contacted to submit supporting documents. Due to limited funds and in anticipation of high demand, we regret that we will not be able to help all members who apply.
