Financial Assistance Scheme to close on 1 September

The Financial Assistance Scheme (FAS) has announced it is to close and has issued a final call for potentially eligible schemes to get in contact.

Helen Morrissey
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The Financial Assistance Scheme (FAS) has announced it is to close and has issued a final call for potentially eligible schemes to get in contact.

FAS was set up to help members of schemes that went into wind-up between 1 January 1997 and 5 April 2005 and were unable to pay member benefits. It will not accept new applications after 1 Septembe...

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