{"id":73255,"date":"2025-05-04T07:18:13","date_gmt":"2025-05-04T07:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/73255\/"},"modified":"2025-05-04T07:18:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-04T07:18:13","slug":"200-summer-cost-of-living-payments-confirmed-as-deadline-named","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/73255\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a3200 summer cost of living payments confirmed as deadline named"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Certain households will be able to apply for support payments<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0_NWP_BEM_271223Shopping_03JPG.jpg\" alt=\"shoppers\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>More cost of living payments will be available.(Image: Nick Wilkinson\/Birmingham Live)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">New cost of living payments will be available to help struggling families this summer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">More cash will be distributed from the Household Support Fund (HSF) after the Government confirmed it would continue for the rest of the year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Money from the fund is given to local councils who then decide how to spend it, and which groups to help.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">READ MORE:<\/strong> <strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/money\/nationwide-names-exact-date-customers-31549463\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Nationwide names exact May date as customers alerted to new \u00a3100 bonus payments<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/newsletter-preference-centre\/?view=Solus&amp;mailingListId=3d4ffd46-bda0-4cd0-b915-62c991cdadff&amp;utm_source=solusarticle\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"[object Object]Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Get our best money saving tips and hacks by signing up to our newsletter<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Local authorities run their individual schemes and decide when they open at close during points of the year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Most offer cash grants to eligible residents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Households normally need to show they are suffering financial hardship and struggling to afford basic essentials like food and energy to be successful.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Applicants don&#8217;t necessarily need to be claiming benefits but people may not be able to get cash if they have received HSF support over the previous 12 months.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Full details of what is available in your area can be found on your local council&#8217;s Household Support Fund pages online.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Birmingham<\/a> City Council will be offering \u00a3200 grants and has confirmed the date its summer round of funding will open for new applications.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">In a new update, the council said applications would open in June.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/newsletter-preference-centre\/?view=Solus&amp;mailingListId=2e93e5e5-fc2a-4503-a444-967922eae47a&amp;utm_source=solusarticle\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"[object Object]Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Get all the latest motoring news sent to your inbox by signing up to our new newsletter here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The Birmingham Voluntary Service Council, which works with the city council to distribute hardship grants, said: &#8220;Please be advised that enquiries will reopen in June 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;If you are not currently on the waiting list, and it has now been 12 months since your household last received a grant payment, you will be able to submit a new enquiry once the scheme reopens in June 2025.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Certain households will 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