Household support fund
Low income households
We'll be making payments to low income households during 2024/25 as part of the household support fund.
Low income households who are eligible for this extra financial help include:
Care Leavers
Care Leavers under the age of 25 and still resident in Cheshire West and Chester. A £100 payment will be automatically issued to households meeting this eligibility criteria.
Pensioners
We will issue a £50 payment to low-income pensioner households. We will use DWP records to identify pensioner households in receipt of either Pension Credit or Guaranteed Credit. A £50 payment will be automatically issued to households meeting this eligibility criteria.
Residents with caring responsibilities
We will commit to providing support Carers. It will use available data to identify carers who provide at least 35hr a week caring for someone who is ill or has a disability. A £50 payment will be automatically issued to households meeting this eligibility criteria.
You will not need to apply for these payments, but we may write to you to ask you to confirm your bank details via an online form so payments can be made directly into your account.
Only one payment will be made per household for qualifying Pensioners and Carers. You are only entitled to one award from the household support scheme duplicate payments will not be made.
