COST OF LIVING SCHEME GIVING STRUGGLING HOUSEHOLDS PREMENTS UP TO £ 300 – How to CLAIM

RUNNING SINCE 2021 and Managed by the Department of Work and Pensions, The Scheme Has Gioven Local Cash of Cash to Support Struggling Households in their area

Thousands of Households Can CLAIM A Free Cash Payment Worth Up to £ 300 Through This Government Cost of Living Scheme.

The help comes from the government’s household suport end sccheme. RUNNING SINCE 2021 and Managed by the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP), The Scheme Has Given Local Council pots of Cash to Struggling Households in their area.

EACH AUTHORY DECIDES HOW IT TO SPEND The Money, and Help Can Range Free Cash Payments to Supermarket Vouchers. Howver, you can Only Claim Help from the Area in Which You Live. In Blackpool, The Council is Offering Households Cash Payments to Provide Short-Term Support to Cover the Costs of Energy and Water Bills.

Payments of £ 200 are available to Qualifying Households with One or Two People, and This Includes Children. Payments of £ 300 Will Also Be Avoidable to Households of Three or More People.

If your Support Claim is successive, the Money Will Be Paid Directly to Your Energy Provider or UNITED UTILITIES – The Area’s Water Supplier.

You Can Apply for the Extra Help Online Through Blackpool Council’s Website, but alongside your it, you will need to provide you are in financial hardship.

Accounting to Its Website, Claimants Will Need to Provide Their Most Full Months’ Bank/Building Society/Savings Account staff for all accounts for the person Making the Claim, and All Other Adults in the Household. Alongside this, you will need to show all transensions in and out of your accounts, and not just balances.

Your Application Will Also Need to Have a Copy of Your Energy/Water Bill, Who Shows Your Name and Address, The Name of Your Supplier and Your Account. The Council Warned That Applications with Outline Wauld Not Be Processed.

It Currently Takes “Several Weeks” for Applications to be process, and you will be contacted as soon as your application is assessed.

Blackpool Council Noteed That Due to Its “Limited Funding,” It Wold Only Make One Payment for Household With A 12-Month Period. SO, if you received a Household Support End Payment in February of this Year, you would not be able to claim another unil next february.

You cannot CLAIM THIS SUPPORT IF YOU DO NOT LIVE IN BLACKPOL. Howver you are able to claim help from your local council through their owsehold suport finish sccheme. Due to this system, it means it can be a postcode lottery for the support you can get.

EACH COUNCIL’S WEBSITE DETAILS ITS SUPPORT OFFERINGS ALONGSIDE ITS Eligibility Criteria. Usually, it has a separate cost of living tab that details the help on offfer. EACH COUNCIL WILL ALSO HAVE A DIFFERENT APPLICATION PROCESS FOR THE SCHEME. Some Ask you to Apply Online, while Others ASH to Apply Over the Phone. Some Councils are Also Reaching Out to Those Eligible Directly

You Can Find Out Who Your Local Council is Through the Official Gov.uk Page here. All you need to do is enter your postcode by using this link to see who your local autoritity is. Local Councils have started to share what help they willer for this year’s Household Support end.