Income Support

Are you struggling to make ends meet?

You may be able to appeal to the following schemes:

• Special assistance(external link), including:
  • Individual Income Supplement.
  • Individual study supplement for students with disabilities
  • The Supplementary Collective Insurance
• Allowance for Social Participation. There you will also find the Application Form for Social Participation.
• Municipal tax waiver
• Single-earner allowance

Other income support options

• School costs (school trips, laptop), contribution, sportswear or bicycles via Stichting Leergeld Gemert(external link)
• Free clothing through the Gemert Clothing Bank(external link)
• De Pas Vooruit: Extra contribution when you have too little money. Please contact Lumens; call 040 - 219 33 00 (option 3).

Sometimes there are more benefits than you think. Calculate via this website(external link) In a few steps you can see which amounts you may be entitled to. You can also see where you can apply for these.

Supporting entrepreneurs in dire straits

Are you a business owner temporarily in acute financial distress? Can you no longer pay the bills because your liquidity is momentarily insufficient and you can no longer turn to your bank?

For assistance, credit, debt relief and guidance on relaunching, ending a business or looking for a job (Bbz and IOAZ) contact Senzer(external link). You can also call 0492-58 24 44 or email info@senzer.nl.