I was rejected for hardship fund and there’s no appeal

I turned a self-employed tattooist final March and am eligible to say a grant of £4,000 beneath the newly self-employed hardship fund introduced by the Scottish authorities. I supplied all the required data, however my software was rejected on account of an incapability to verify my id.

The type didn’t request ID, nor have I been approached for any. The system has been arrange so you’ve got one shot at making use of, and can’t appeal – leading to many individuals being wrongfully rejected with no solution to right it. (I am a part of a bunch known as Excluded UK for others in my place).

EA, Haddington, East Lothian

It is extraordinary that purposes might be rejected with no detailed motive and no proper of appeal. While some might fail as a result of the candidates are ineligible, others will inevitably be compromised by processing errors. It simply so occurs, that the day after I raised your concern with the press workplace, the Scottish authorities introduced re-submissions could be accepted if candidates uncover that they – or the processing centre – made a mistake.

You have been invited to resubmit your particulars the day after that and have been awarded the grant. It says that the scheme was designed to steadiness the chance of fraud with simplicity: “We are conscious technical points might have impacted on the flexibility of some individuals to efficiently submit an software … the place these have been recognized, candidates have been given a possibility to re-apply.

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