Household Support Fund 4

Update

Household Support Fund 5 is now open. Find out more here

HSF 4 will close on the 31^st of March 2024, please call us now for support if you have not claimed in the last 3 months. The support is set at two x £110 per household and one oil/LPG claim per household (receipt from previous order will be required).

In his Spring Budget on the 6^th of March, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced a six month extension to the Household Support Fund. At present we have not had confirmation as to how the support will be delivered and await further information from the local authority.

As a Trusted Partner we are working in partnership with Cambridgeshire County Council to help administer the Household Support Fund 4 enabling local older people to benefit and receive some additional financial support.

We offer support for pensioners who are struggling financially.

Eligibility Criteria  

• Born on or before 31^st April 1958
• £24, 876 per single person living alone, £34,494 per couple/joint application.
• Savings of up to £16,000 only.
• The support is set at one claim £110 per person/couple. 
• Claimants who receive the Hub core offer for oil will not receive the £110 in addition to the oil payment.
• Oil payments will be made 3 months after the first claim only (from the last one received through HSF 2).

The Support

• The support is set at 4 claims of £110 per person/couple. The support can be paid by BACS payments direct to your current account (not savings accounts or Nationwide accounts), Supermarket vouchers, cash out codes to a mobile, Fuel top-ups to a mobile (except for British Gas, who are providing direct support to their customers).

• Claimants who receive the Hub core offer for oil will not receive the £110 in addition to the oil payment. Oil payments will be made 3 months after the first claim only – (a copy of the receipt or invoice from the oil order following the last claim will be required as proof of the appropriate support spend).

Important Information

• Please note that when we call you, we will need to ask for your bank account number and sort code, as this information is needed to credit your account. If you feel cautious to do this, we can arrange to send you vouchers.  It is important that you know that Age UK Cambridgeshire and Peterborough staff WILL NOT ask for your long card number or the 3-digit security code.
• There are other methods of us providing the support to the you. Food Vouchers, cash out codes to a mobile, Fuel top - ups to a mobile (except for British Gas, who are providing direct support to their customers).

Be Scam Aware

• The Household Support Fund will not be paid on the same day as our phone call.
• Our staff will not ask for the long bank card details or the security number on the card.
• Our staff will always give their full name and contact details, so the caller can make enquiries to verify who we are.
• We are happy to talk to family members or carers.
• We do ask for bank account details to make the payment – However, we only ask for the account number, sort code and name which appears on the account. This information will allow a deposit to be made into the account but cannot give access to make a withdrawal of money from the account.