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Eastleigh: Household Support Fund & Crisis and Resilience Fund

What Eastleigh’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

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

What Eastleigh’s scheme covers

What you get: Cashable Post Office/PayPoint vouchers, or other forms of assistance
Who qualifies: Must live full-time in Hampshire, excluding Southampton, Portsmouth and Isle of Wight
How to apply: Apply via local Citizens Advice service
Government allocation: £140,122 for 2026-27

Eastleigh Borough Council is one of 11 district councils in Hampshire. 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. Hampshire County Council was allocated £11,035,376 for 2026-27; Eastleigh Borough Council was allocated £140,122 of its own. If what you need is help with food or energy rather than rent, start with the Hampshire scheme.

What Eastleigh itself says

What you get. “cash out vouchers (Post Office or PayPoint) or other forms of assistance”
Who qualifies. “Live full time in Hampshire (excluding Southampton, Portsmouth, Isle of Wight)”
How to apply. “Residents apply via their local Citizens Advice service”

Quoted from Eastleigh’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 Eastleigh’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 Eastleigh scheme page

Source: Eastleigh Borough Council — Crisis and Resilience Fund (CRF). 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 Eastleigh?

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: Elmbridge, Liverpool, Tewkesbury — see all 141.

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This page is independent. It is not run by Eastleigh Borough 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.