It is a replacement for the temporary Household Support Fund which had been extended on a rolling basis since it was set up in 2021, but was due to finish at the end of March.<\/p>\n
The level of funding is broadly the same as the previous scheme, leaving some councils disappointed that there has not been more money allocated. <\/p>\n
A recent survey for the Local Government Association showed most councils in England did not believe the current funding will be sufficient to meet local welfare needs.<\/p>\n
The cash element is a significant change to the past scheme, which the government hopes will help fulfil a manifesto pledge to end “mass reliance on emergency food parcels”.<\/p>\n
It means councils can give those experiencing difficulties direct access to cash in the hopes of removing the need for hand-out provisions.<\/p>\n
The guarantee of at least three years of funding mean councils can plan their support schemes and provision over a longer period.<\/p>\n
Emma Revie, co-chief executive at the Trussell Trust, a charity that supports food banks, said: “The new Crisis and Resilience Fund is a vital step towards ensuring no-one is forced to turn to a food bank to get by.”<\/p>\n
In guidance to councils, the Department for Work and Pensions said the money can be used for three different purposes: crisis payments, housing payments \u2013 for those facing an unexpected shortfall, and resilience services for funding the charities and local organisations currently providing front-line support.<\/p>\n
The payments could help in scenarios such as redundancy, help leaving an abusing relationship or an unexpected bill. <\/p>\n
There is no stipulation about how each local authority should divide their funding between those different purposes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It is a replacement for the temporary Household Support Fund which had been extended on a rolling basis…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":698937,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[748,393,4884,12,1144,712,16,15,1764],"class_list":{"0":"post-698936","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-northern-ireland","13":"tag-scotland","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-wales"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115902409818722993","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/698936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=698936"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/698936\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/698937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=698936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=698936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=698936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}