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Bassetlaw: Household Support Fund & Crisis and Resilience Fund

What Bassetlaw’s local crisis scheme covers, how to apply, and whether it was open when we checked.

Written by the benefitmoney.co.uk editorial team · Last reviewed 14 September 2026

Bassetlaw District Council runs its local crisis help as the Crisis and Resilience Fund. It is a grant — not a loan: help with essentials, nothing to repay. This is a summary; Bassetlaw’s own page (linked below) is the authority and the current position.

What Bassetlaw’s scheme covers

Award: Amount varies by circumstances but cannot exceed the applicant's total rent charge
Who qualifies: Must receive Housing Benefit or the Housing Element of Universal Credit
How often: Not intended to provide long-term ongoing support
How to apply: Apply using the joint application form covering CRFHP and/or Council Tax Hardship
Government allocation: £151,415 for 2026-27

Bassetlaw District Council is one of 7 district councils in Nottinghamshire. In a two-tier area the county council runs crisis payments and the district runs the housing side of the fund — rent shortfalls, a deposit, rent in advance. Nottinghamshire County Council was allocated £9,394,912 for 2026-27; Bassetlaw District Council was allocated £151,415 of its own. If what you need is help with food or energy rather than rent, start with the Nottinghamshire scheme.

What Bassetlaw itself says

Award. “cannot exceed your total rent charge”
Who qualifies. “receive some Housing Benefit or the Housing Element of Universal Credit”
How often. “not intended to provide long term ongoing support”

Quoted from Bassetlaw’s own page↗ and its application page↗, checked 14 September 2026. Nothing on this page is paraphrased into a rule the council has not published. The government allocation is from Annex A of the Crisis and Resilience Fund grant determination 2026 to 2027↗.

Apply on Bassetlaw’s website

Applications are made on the council’s own site — this page collects nothing. If the link has moved, search the council site for “crisis and resilience”, then “household support”, then “welfare assistance”.

Open the Bassetlaw scheme page

Source: Bassetlaw District Council — Crisis and Resilience Fund. Opened 10 September 2026.

Where this money comes from

Central government funds it; the council sets the rules. A payment does not affect your benefits. How the fund works nationally.

Other help you may qualify for

Help with energy bills — grants and supplier schemes.
Eligibility checker — see what you could be entitled to.
White-goods grants — a broken fridge, cooker or washing machine.
Budgeting Advance or Budgeting Loan — interest-free from the DWP.

Not in Bassetlaw?

See the other councils we have checked, or find yours via GOV.UK’s Get help with the cost of living from your local council↗.

Outside England the scheme has a different name: the Scottish Welfare Fund in Scotland, the Discretionary Assistance Fund in Wales, and Discretionary Support in Northern Ireland.

Recently checked elsewhere: Birmingham, East Hertfordshire, Ribble Valley — see all 141.

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This page is independent. It is not run by Bassetlaw District Council, the Department for Work and Pensions or GOV.UK. Council schemes change without notice; the council’s own page is always the current position.