Household Support Fund

Household Support Fund (HSF6)

Councils' have been allocated further HSF6 grant funding by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to cover October 2024 to March 2025   

Sunderland City Council is developing its plans for this funding, based on DWP HSF guidance, to support thousands of low income and vulnerable households facing increased cost of living pressures this winter. This support includes help for pensioners that are due to lose their Winter Fuel payments from December 2024 and that have low incomes and low/ no savings.

 Support will be made available in stages and this page will be updated as and when these offers become available.  Most support will continue to be provided automatically and without households having to apply for help.

 Any HSF support is discretionary rather than being a legal entitlement.

Please also look at the Financial wellbeing support hub. This contains details of a wide range of local and national support including help for people facing cost of living pressures.