Household Support Fund

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Household Support Fund extended from 1st April to help families in need

An additional £842 million is available from 1st April 2023 to help the most vulnerable households across England with essential food and energy costs.
  • Department for Work and Pensions’ £842 million Household Support Fund extension comes into effect today
  • Extra money given to councils to provide further help to most in need with essential food and energy costs until 31 March
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£842 million available to help families in need

Councils to be allocated money to directly help those most in need with essential food and energy costs until 31 March 2024.
  • Government today announces details of Household Support Fund extension worth £842 million
  • Local Authorities to update their websites with specific details of their support offerings in coming weeks

£842 million of additional funding will...

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Nearly nine million grants from first round of Household Support Fund

More than 8.9 million grants have been given to families to help with post-pandemic pressures through a fund set up to help the most vulnerable, new figures reveal.

  • 8.9 million grants given to families in first round of Household Support Fund, new data shows
  • Local Authorities use government funding to help communities with innovative measures
  • It “has been
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Holiday food support continues for Easter

Families of around 19,000 children in Devon have been sent supermarket vouchers, worth £570,000, to help them buy food over the upcoming Easter holiday .

It's thanks to the government's one-off 'Household Support Fund', which was given to councils to distribute. In the last year, we've invested Devon's £4.7 million share in providing nearly 140,000 supermarket vouchers for families...

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Household Support Fund doubled to help most vulnerable tackle cost of living

Pensioners and families are set to benefit from the £500m extension to the Household Support Fund, as the government takes further steps to help with the rising cost of living.

From: Department for Work and Pensions and The Rt Hon Thérèse Coffey MP

Published 31 March 2022

  • Household Support Fund doubled to £1 billion with £500 million of new funding, as government goes
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Government launches £500m support for vulnerable households over winter

Vulnerable households across the country will be able to access a new £500m support fund to help them with essentials over the coming months as the country continues its recovery from the pandemic.

From: Department for Work and Pensions , The Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP , and The Rt Hon Thérèse Coffey MP

  • £500m support available to help those most in need as we enter the final stages
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