{"id":4235,"date":"2025-10-29T13:26:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T13:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/doctoralresearcherdevelopmentprogramme\/?page_id=4235"},"modified":"2025-10-29T13:33:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T13:33:13","slug":"living-expenses-and-cost-of-living-funds","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/doctoralresearcherdevelopmentprogramme\/living-expenses-and-cost-of-living-funds\/","title":{"rendered":"Living Expenses and Cost of Living Funds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Cost of Living Fund<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The University has reopened its scheme to help students facing additional costs due to the ongoing cost-of-living crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A \u00a3250 one-off grant (a grant does not need to be paid back) will be awarded to students who are struggling to pay their day to day expenses and accommodation costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The scheme is open to fully enrolled UK and International undergraduate and postgraduate taught and research students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please read the guidance on applying for the scheme before submitting your application. Incomplete or missing evidence will delay your assessment and may result in your application being rejected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westminster.ac.uk\/sites\/default\/public-files\/general-documents\/CoLA-Scheme-Guidance-Document-2025-26.docx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cost of Living Assistance Scheme Guidance (Word doc)<\/a>25.35 KB<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To be eligible for the grant, you must explain how you have been affected by the ongoing cost-of-living crisis.&nbsp;You will need to upload your accommodation contract or tenancy\/mortgage agreement. If you live at home with parents, you can upload their accommodation contract.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You must also upload bank statements for&nbsp;<strong>all<\/strong>&nbsp;your bank accounts for the last two months prior to the date of your application (including savings accounts).&nbsp;If you do not submit these documents, your assessment will be delayed, and your application may be refused.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Applications will close on Friday 5 June 2026 at 5pm.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/e\/dZyE6sjq1t%C2%A0\"><strong>Apply here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\"><strong>The Living Expenses Support Scheme (LESS)<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Living Expenses Support Scheme (LESS) helps home status students who need additional financial support during the academic year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The scheme aims to help and award students with a grant that can be used to meet any maintenance needs, such as rent, travel, childcare, and day-to-day costs etc. The scheme cannot be used to pay tuition fees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westminster.ac.uk\/current-students\/university-life\/student-finance\/bursaries-and-awards-for-current-students\/living-expenses-support-scheme-less\"><strong>Application Information<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cost of Living Fund The University has reopened its scheme to help students facing additional costs due to the ongoing cost-of-living crisis. A \u00a3250 one-off grant (a grant does not need to be paid back) will be awarded to students&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":870,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4235","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/doctoralresearcherdevelopmentprogramme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/doctoralresearcherdevelopmentprogramme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/doctoralresearcherdevelopmentprogramme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/doctoralresearcherdevelopmentprogramme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/870"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/doctoralresearcherdevelopmentprogramme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4235"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/doctoralresearcherdevelopmentprogramme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4235\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4243,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/doctoralresearcherdevelopmentprogramme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4235\/revisions\/4243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/doctoralresearcherdevelopmentprogramme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}