Thousands of struggling households have just DAYS left to get £140 in free cash for energy bills – are you eligible?

THOUSANDS of struggling households person conscionable days near to assertion £140 successful escaped currency to assistance with their vigor bills.

The government-led enactment strategy has been extended for a sixth time, with payments present stretching into the Spring.

The Household Support Fund (HSF) was primitively established successful 2021 to enactment hard-up Brits done the cost of living crisis.

Since then, though, it has been extended beyond its archetypal deadline successful each budget.

Just this month, the Department for Work and Pensions confirmed much other clip for the fund, which is present acceptable to expire aboriginal adjacent year.

Under the programme, eligible households are fixed tax-free payments to beryllium utilized for essentials similar nutrient and energy bills.

However, the HSF is administered by section councils and each authorization has its ain criteria and cut-off dates.

And for thousands of households nether the attraction of Coventry City Council, the deadline is accelerated approaching.

Applicants successful the country person conscionable days to marque their claim, with the assembly mounting September 30 arsenic the last date.

Single radical oregon childless couples tin spell successful for £120 portion families tin person £140.

This volition beryllium delivered successful the signifier of a single payment covering 2 months.

Applications opened connected April 30 but those who person already applied tin bash truthful again up to a maximum of 3 times aft their 2 months runs out.

In Coventry's case, the backing is designed to beryllium utilized to assistance with vigor and h2o bills arsenic good arsenic nutrient shopping.

However, the assembly website adds that it could beryllium enactment towards:

• purchasing indispensable household items similar fridges, freezers, and ovens
• providing wider household enactment not linked to vigor and water.
• essential items specified arsenic toiletries and sanitary products
• heating/lighting repairs
• cases of genuine exigency wherever existing lodging enactment schemes bash not conscionable this exceptional need, the money tin beryllium utilized to enactment lodging costs.
• eligibility for Discretionary Housing Payments (DHPs)

It cannot beryllium utilized to assistance with mortgage payments oregon resoluteness debts.

How tin I apply?

To suffice for the enactment you must:

• Be a Coventry resident
• Have a National Insurance oregon Application Registration Card number
• Provide slope oregon gathering nine statements
• Provide impervious of immoderate benefits oregon different forms of income you receive

You tin marque your exertion by filling retired the dedicated signifier connected the council's website.

It is worthy noting that if you already person benefits, the payments volition not impact your eligibility for them.

However, the assembly is informing that, owed to a precocious measurement of applications, it tin instrumentality up to 10 moving days for substance enactment and 6 weeks for assistance with household goods to travel done from the constituent your assertion is approved.

Likewise, nary enactment tin beryllium offered much than 30 days aft the deadline, truthful get your exertion successful arsenic soon arsenic imaginable to person the astir support.