Household Support Fund
Find out about the newest Household Support Fund and previous rounds.
The UK Government announced a new Household Support Fund in March 2025 (available from April 2025 to March 2026).
We received £2.73 million from this fund, which we added to our Southwark Better Living Fund.
How we used the previous funding
In autumn 2021, we received £4.81 million in grants for the first 3 rounds of the Household Support Fund.
We used this money to:
- help low-income households with high energy bills
- provide free holiday meals for eligible children in Southwark schools
From 2022 to 2024, we created the Southwark Cost of Living Fund by combining:
- the money we received from the Household Support Fund
- other government grants
- council funding
Find out more about the Household Support Fund on GOV.UK.
Household Support Fund scam
We are asking our residents to be aware of scams relating to the Household Support Fund. Recently, we have been made aware of a SMS scam, asking residents to apply for the “DWP Energy Support Programme”. If you receive this text, please treat it as suspicious.
You will not receive texts from the Council nor the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) regarding the Household Support Fund or Energy Support. Do not click on any links contained in these texts.
