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Cheshire West and Chester: Household Support Fund & Crisis and Resilience Fund

What Cheshire West and Chester’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 10 September 2026

Cheshire West and Chester 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; Cheshire West and Chester’s own page (linked below) is the authority and the current position.

What Cheshire West and Chester’s scheme covers

Covers: Crisis payments for a financial shock; school-holiday food support; essential furniture and white goods through the HELP scheme; rent or Council Tax shortfall help; heating oil support; and welfare and debt advice
Status: Active (replaced the Household Support Fund) (confirmed 10 September 2026)
Funding period: 1 April 2026 for three years

Before you apply

Use the right route. Apply through the scheme's sections — Crisis Payments, HELP, Housing Payments and School Holiday Support — on the council page
Check it is still open. Active (replaced the Household Support Fund) We confirmed this on 10 September 2026.

Only what Cheshire West and Chester states on its own page. Other councils ask for more — see what they have in common.

Apply on Cheshire West and Chester’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 Cheshire West and Chester scheme page

Source: Cheshire West and Chester Council — Crisis and Resilience Fund. Opened 10 September 2026.

The Household Support Fund, in plain terms

Across England the Household Support Fund has largely been renamed the Crisis and Resilience Fund and now runs to 31 March 2029. It is money central government gives to upper-tier councils to help households with essentials — food, energy, and sometimes white goods. A payment does not affect your benefits. How the fund works nationally.

Other help you may qualify for

White-goods grants — a broken fridge, cooker or washing machine.
Budgeting Advance or Budgeting Loan — interest-free from the DWP.
Credit union loans — the cheapest borrowing, capped at 3% a month.
DWP phone numbers — which line to call, and for what.

Not in Cheshire West and Chester?

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↗.

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This page is independent. It is not run by Cheshire West and Chester 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.