Household Support Fund

Formal Notice

The UK Government have confirmed the Household Support Fund will end. 
Please be advised that payments for this fund will end on 31 March 2026.
Accordingly, no further applications will be accepted after 23 March 2026.
 

Household Support Fund 2025 / 26

We have received funding from the UK Government's Household Support Fund.

This funding will be used to support our residents between April 2025 and March 2026:

We will provide children entitled to free school meals with food vouchers for:

• Easter School Holidays 2025
• May Half Term
• Summer School Holidays
• October Half Term
• Christmas Holidays
• February Half Term 2026

Hardship payments for residents in significant financial difficulty

We have limited funding to help residents who are suffering from significant financial difficulty.

Only one payment will be made per household. The amount will be £200, or £300 if you receive Child Benefit for someone living in your household

To be eligible for a one-off payment from the Household Support Fund (HSF) you must:

• be a resident in Newcastle upon Tyne, and
• be the main householder (i.e.  responsible for the household bills), and
• have a deficit in your budget (i.e.  have more money going out than coming in), and
• seek advice from one of our Advice Compact partners to address the issues causing the deficit in budget

If you meet the above criteria, a member of our Advice Compact can submit a referral to the fund for you. Residents cannot self-refer.

This funding is limited.

For more information and a full list of agencies you can seek budgeting advice from and receive a referral to the fund (if eligible) can be found on our Household Support Fund Hardship page. 

Support of localised Cost of Living and discretionary schemes

Funding will also be used to support local cost of living and discretionary schemes being delivered by Newcastle City Council.

Other support available

There is a range of information about the support available for people and families during the Cost of Living

Further information on the support available to help you with the cost of living, can be found on the UK Government's cost of living hub Gov.uk: Cost of living support.