Household Support Fund 5

The Household Support Fund 5 is now open, please call now to check if you are eligible, for this help and for longer term income maximisation support.

Age UK Cambridgeshire & Peterborough continue to work in partnership with Cambridgeshire County Council, administering the Household Support Fund 5 for Cambridgeshire residents aged 65 and over

We offer support for pensioners living in Cambridgeshire 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 2 claims of £110 per person/Household

Receiving the Support

• Two x £110 per person/household within the six month extension period, can be paid by BACS payments direct to a 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)

Please be Advised

• This is for people living in Cambridgeshire only, for Peterborough please see this update.
• Support from the Fund will not be paid on the same day – payments take between 4 and 7 working days.
• 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.
• There are other methods of us getting the support to people. 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).