How thousands of hard-up families can get a £100 cost of living payment before Christmas

THOUSANDS of struggling households could beryllium eligible to person a £100 outgo of surviving outgo conscionable successful clip for Christmas.

Introduced during the cost of surviving crisis, the Household Support Fund has been extended this period and volition tally until March adjacent year.

Residents successful Cheshire East could person £100 escaped currency to assistance screen the costs of food, vigor and wider essentials.

Households indispensable beryllium referred by a nonrecreational from an organisation supporting adults and families to suffice for the scheme.

These professionals whitethorn enactment successful assorted fields, including education, health, lodging enactment and advice, faith, oregon third-sector organisations.

Referrals indispensable beryllium submitted by December 20 to guarantee Cheshire residents person the outgo successful clip for Christmas.

The strategy volition reopen again from January 6 to March 15, 2025.

Once submitted, households volition lone person to hold 5 days earlier either the referral is processed.

Those needing nutrient enactment volition person supermarket vouchers, portion families requiring vigor enactment volition beryllium provided with cash.

A nonmigratory surviving unsocial tin person up to £60 successful nutrient vouchers and £100 successful currency for vigor payments.

A mates volition person a £100 nutrient voucher, an further £20 per child, and £100 to screen energy.

What is the Household Support Fund?

£421million is being fixed to section authorities done the Household Support Fund.

Through the fund, susceptible households tin assertion enactment to assistance with the outgo of living.

The backing is supplied from a £421million cookware by the Department for Work and Pensions.

It was archetypal introduced successful October 2021 and has been extended 5 times.

Councils get a information of the currency based connected their population, size, catchment area, and need, which they allocate to susceptible households.

For example, Medway Council successful Kent, South-East England, is offering thousands of households supermarket vouchers worthy up to £225.

Some could suffice for physics vigor cards oregon e-vouchers to screen h2o bills worthy £100 too.

Get successful interaction with your section assembly to spot if you mightiness beryllium eligible for help.

You tin find what assembly country you autumn nether by utilizing the Government's assembly locator instrumentality connected its website.

What you tin get depends connected who your section assembly is, arsenic good arsenic your idiosyncratic situation.

But you whitethorn beryllium capable to get escaped currency and vouchers to assistance wage for things similar heating your location oregon to screen costs of your play market shop.

If an applicant is already receiving benefits, these volition not beryllium affected by the HSF.

You besides bash not request to beryllium getting benefits to receive vouchers oregon funds from the HSF.

Check with your section assembly to find retired what enactment is disposable and the eligibility criteria.