Thousands of pensioners to get £200 one-off payment for energy bills after winter fuel allowance cut – are you eligible?

THOUSANDS of pensioners volition get a £200 one-off outgo for vigor bills aft the wintertime substance allowance cut.

The authorities is rolling retired the latest signifier of its Household Support Fund, which offers vouchers to struggling Brits.

The funding is disposable crossed England, but the magnitude up for grabs depends connected your section council.

More than 32,000 eligible households successful Nottinghamshire volition get the assistance to screen nutrient and vigor costs successful the run-up to Christmas.

They see families with children eligible for Free School Meals and radical receiving Pension Credit.

Social workers person identified different households which request fiscal support.

The assembly volition interaction eligible households adjacent month, truthful residents bash not request to instrumentality immoderate action.

Those eligible tin expect to get a one-off outgo of astir £100 per household.

The assistance comes via the latest circular of the Household Support Fund which is worthy £421million.

The money is designed to assistance hard-up households screen the cost of living, mostly done currency grants, supermarket and energy vouchers.

Each assembly crossed England has been allocated a stock of the £421million cookware and decides who to administer money to.

It comes aft the Government changed the eligibility criteria for the wintertime substance payment.

Only those connected definite benefits, including pension credit, volition person the up to £300 payment.

Each assembly crossed England has been allocated a stock from the £421million pot.

But each section authorization gets to determine its ain eligibility criteria.

That means what you are entitled to volition alteration depending connected wherever you live.

Not each councils person decided what they volition bash with their stock of the £421million yet either.

The champion happening to bash is interaction your section authorization to spot if immoderate assistance is presently connected offer.

You tin find what assembly country you autumn nether by the utilizing the Government's assembly locator instrumentality via gov.uk.

The Sun precocious shared a usher and interactive representation to assistance those unsure fig retired what they whitethorn beryllium capable to claim.

Other assistance connected offer

If you're not eligible for the Household Support Fund, you mightiness beryllium capable to get a assistance from your vigor steadfast to screen vigor debt.

British Gas is handing retired grants worthy £1,700 to struggling households done its Individual and Families Fund.

The money is disposable to British Gas and non-British Gas customers surviving successful England, Scotland oregon Wales.

You won't beryllium eligible if you received a assistance from the British Gas Energy Trust wrong the past 2 years.

And you indispensable beryllium seeking a assistance to wide outstanding indebtedness connected a existent oregon unfastened gas, energy oregon dual substance vigor account.

Crucially, you besides request to person received assistance from a wealth proposal bureau wrong the past six months.

If you don'y suffice for assistance with British Gas, a fig of different vigor firms connection assistance to customers struggling with vigor measure debt.

This includes OVO, Boost, E.On, E.On Next, EDF, Scottish Power, Octopus, Shell Energy, SSE and Utilita.