Aid

French benefit explainer: Apa, help to stay independent in older age

The personalised autonomy allowance can help older people continue to live in their own home or be used to fund care home costs

Heatwaves: France’s housing minister backs grants to help cool homes

The new minister is ‘in favour’ of extending financial aid for projects to cool properties down, taking the lead from France’s overseas territories

Energy-efficiency renovation grants reform for homes in France

Changes to MaPrimeRénov’ will provide more aid to both large and small scale renovation projects

Housing, disability, family: the French state aids people do not know

€10billion in allocations goes unclaimed every year, a new report claims

Hotels, restaurants, cafes: France offers new aid for Covid losses

Catering companies and event management companies and travel agents are also among those eligible for the support

British restaurateur in Aude calls for aid amid Omicron disruption

‘We are not shirkers looking for free money, just hard working people who have never been out of work, but really require government assistance’

Covid-19 France: Who can receive CAF exceptional aid?

The government is providing one-off financial aid to help low-income households which will be paid out automatically on May 15.

Can I still get financial aid to cover coronavirus losses?

I am working self-employed in France and my business has been affected by coronavirus. Am I still eligible for government support to cover financial losses?

France gives financial aid to self-employed

Self-employed workers in France can now claim financial aid for losses incurred due to Covid-19 for the month of June 2020. We explain the process.

Phone lines open to offer listening ear

Macron: More aid for tourism, firms and families

Businesses and struggling families in France are to receive further aid from the government to help them cope with the impact of the Covid-19 crisis, President Emmanuel Macron has confirmed.

Run, Mr Rob, Run! Aid worker plans London Marathon charity fundraiser

Aid worker Rob Lawrie, who hit the headlines after being arrested for trying to smuggle a four-year-old Afghan girl into the UK, will be running the London Marathon on April 23 this year in a bid to raise funds for a humanitarian charity.