Thousands of households can get up to £500 free cash - see if you're eligible

Camden Council is awarding the assistance arsenic portion of the Household Support Fund, which is simply a strategy that provides currency to section authorities which they tin past contented straight to residents

Thousands of struggling households tin assertion up to £500 successful outgo of surviving help.

Camden Council is awarding the assistance arsenic portion of the Household Support Fund, which is simply a strategy that provides currency to section authorities which they tin past contented straight to residents. Each assembly tin acceptable its ain criteria for who is eligible for this help, and what benignant of enactment it volition connection - for example, you could get a currency assistance oregon vouchers for energy and water.

This means households look a postcode lottery erstwhile it comes to what assistance is available. Camden Council is offering currency grants to residents who cannot spend essentials specified arsenic food, energy bills oregon housing. You could beryllium entitled to a Crisis Fund outgo of up to £500, with the magnitude you're awarded depending connected your circumstances and size of your household.

To apply, you indispensable beryllium implicit 18, oregon implicit 16 if you unrecorded independently, and person lived successful Camden for astatine slightest six weeks. You'll besides request to beryllium successful "urgent fiscal need" and volition beryllium asked to supply existent slope statements. You tin use done the Money Advice Service.

It is imaginable to use for 2 payments successful a 12-month period, but you indispensable hold astatine slightest 2 months to marque the 2nd application. Keep successful caput that Camden Council is prioritising applications from residents who person not received a Cost of Living Crisis Fund outgo successful the past 12 months, and those who are successful the highest request of support.

The Household Support Fund was owed to extremity connected September 30, 2024 but it has been extended for an further six months, until March 31, 2025, aft different £421million was allocated to the scheme. If you're not a Camden resident, it is worthy checking the website of your section assembly to spot what assistance it could perchance connection you.

For example, Solihull residents tin besides get escaped assistance worthy £500 to wage disconnected h2o and vigor debts. You indispensable unrecorded successful Solihull, person a combined yearly household income of nether £31,000, person nary household savings, but for if you're a pensioner, past you tin person up to £5,000 successful savings. You indispensable person idiosyncratic surviving successful the household with a vulnerability and beryllium successful receipt of a qualifying benefit.

Blackpool Council is giving payments of up to £300 to households, paid straight to your vigor oregon h2o supplier. This volition look arsenic a recognition connected your measure oregon prepay meter. Households of 1 oregon 2 radical tin get a £200 payment, portion households of 3 oregon much are capable to assertion £300.