Improving household income

From 1 April, the Crisis Resilience Fund will provide extra help for residents experiencing financial hardship. This is in addition to existing support with council tax and day‑to‑day money worries. We’ll share more about this and how you can apply soon.

Household Support Fund

If you’re worried about money and paying your bills, we’re here to help. Our Household Support Fund page contains lots of advice and practical support. We can help with:

• Money worries, including water bills, mortgages, broadband and phone bills
• Energy bills and heating your home
• Food costs, including free school meals
• Families and carers
• Mental health and wellbeing
• Finding work

Find out more on our cost of living help pages.

Benefits and universal credit

Find out what benefits you can claim and how to claim them on our benefits pages.

Universal credit

Find out if you can claim universal credit using the Gov.UK website.