Problem
Lack of knowledge of eligibility for benefits
Other Names:
Lack of awareness of available welfare benefitsUnawareness of welfare benefits
Ignorance of available welfare benefits
Unclaimed social benefits
Nature:
Lack of awareness of available government benefits covers areas such as social security allowances before retirement, small business loans and government guarantees for business start-up loans, income supplements, educational benefits, unemployment job training, children's and family allowances, free legal assistance, eligibility for paid government jobs, home improvement grants, rent allowances, and medical, optical and dental care allowances. Incidence:
It has been estimated that every year, thousands of millions of the £68 thousand million on offer from the UK government go unclaimed. In certain categories of benefit, the take-up rate is only one-third of those eligible. Broader Problems:
Lack of knowledgeDenial of right to economic securityLimited availability of functional informationIneffective delivery of basic human resource services Narrower Problems:
Unawareness of health benefits Related Problems:
Unclaimed assets Strategies:
Supporting right to benefit from social welfare servicesClaiming social benefitsProviding sufficient information on eligibility for benefitsAbstaining from knowledge of eligibility for benefits Subject(s):
Social Activity → WelfareSocietal Problems → Scarcity
Education → Educational level
Consciousness → Consciousness
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
F: Fuzzy exceptional problems Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST