Household Support Fund

• Only one award for food and energy will be granted between 1 April 2024 and 30 September 2024
• You need to discuss your need for support with food and energy costs with a trusted professional
• Your trusted professional would then need to make a referral on your behalf
• Food and energy referrals will be processed within 5 working days from receipt of your trusted professional referral
• Support for food would be provided through supermarket vouchers via email from The Hawk SelectTeam (selectcode@select-essentials.co.uk)
• Support for energy would be provided in cash via an email from the Post Office (donotreply@postoffice-payout.co.uk)
• You must be able to access the voucher codes via a smart phone or be able to print from a computer. If you are not able to do this, you must tell your trusted professional when they make the referral

The award granted will be based on household composition. See the table below for details.

Wider essentials can refer to a range of items that your trusted professional believes a financially vulnerable adult, family and their children require.

• Only one award within this category will be granted between 1 April 2024 and 30 September 2024. 
• A trusted professional would need to make a referral on your behalf.
• Financial support for wider essentials can be awarded up to £500.
• The support awarded may be in supermarket vouchers if appropriate or will be made via direct payment for a service/item.
• Decisions made to award this fund will be made at the HSF Decision Panel.
• Wider essential referrals will be processed within 10 working days from receipt of your trusted professional referral. If more information is required from you your trusted professional will be contacted.
• Communications regarding a referral that has been submitted will take place with the trusted professional who has made the referral on your behalf.

To make the referral, your trusted professional will need to talk to you about why you need this support, the best value for money costs involved, how receiving this support will help you move forward and what plans you have in place to reduce the need for similar support in the future.

This funding is available to support financially vulnerable adults to move forward with positive change and take steps to make this change sustainable.

The fund is available for adults who have been referred through the Care Board or who have a Corporate Appointeeship.

• Only one award within this category will be granted between 1 April 2024 and 30 September 2024. 
• A trusted professional would need to make a referral on your behalf.
• Financial support can be awarded over £500.
• The support awarded would be made via direct payment for a service/item.
• Decisions made to award this fund will be made at the HSF Decision Panel.
• Exceptional cost referrals will be processed within 10 working days from receipt of your trusted professional referral. If more information is required from you your trusted professional will be contacted.
• Communications regarding a referral that has been submitted will take place with the trusted professional who has made the referral on your behalf.

To make the referral, your trusted professional will need to talk to you as they will need you to explain why you need this support, give the best value for money costs involved, explain how receiving this support will help you move forward and what plans you have in place to reduce the need for similar support in the future.

This funding is available to support financially vulnerable children and their families to move forward with positive change and take steps to make this change sustainable.

If you are accessing this fund, it is possible that your family may already be receiving additional support, through an Early Help Plan or a Social Care Plan for example. Although a support plan is not required to access this funding, you may find that an additional level of support may benefit you and your family and this may be suggested as part of the financial award.

• Only one award within this category will be granted between 1 April 2024 and 30 September 2024.
• A trusted professional would need to make a referral on your behalf.
• Financial support can be awarded over £500.
• The support awarded would be made via direct payment for a service/item.
• Decisions made to award this fund will be made at the HSF Decision Panel.
• Exceptional cost referrals will be processed within 10 working days from receipt of your trusted professional referral. If more information is required from you your trusted professional will be contacted. 

To make the referral, your trusted professional will need to talk to you as they will need you to explain why you need this support, give the best value for money costs involved, explain how receiving this support will help you move forward and what plans you have in place to reduce the need for similar support in the future.

A trusted professional will need to make a referral on your behalf. Your trusted professional can request the  HSF referral link via email from HSFFamily@cheshireeast.gov.uk