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Gravesham: Household Support Fund & Crisis and Resilience Fund

What Gravesham’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

Gravesham Borough 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; Gravesham’s own page (linked below) is the authority and the current position.

What Gravesham’s scheme covers

What you get: Payment made for a set time depending on the reason for the award
Who qualifies: Live in Gravesham and be entitled to Housing Benefit or the UC housing cost element
How often: Restricted amount per financial year; short-term measure only
How to apply: Apply using the council's online form
Funding period: Fund runs from 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2029
Government allocation: £206,271 for 2026-27

Gravesham Borough Council is one of 12 district councils in Kent. 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. Kent County Council was allocated £20,169,772 for 2026-27; Gravesham Borough Council was allocated £206,271 of its own. If what you need is help with food or energy rather than rent, start with the Kent scheme.

What Gravesham itself says

What you get. “The payment will be for a set time depending on the reason for the award”
Who qualifies. “Be entitled to Housing Benefit or the housing cost element of Universal Credit”
How often. “There are restrictions on how much money you can get in a financial year and payments are a short-term measure”
How to apply. “You can apply for a CRF Housing Payment using our online form”
Funding period. “The fund runs from 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2029”

Quoted from Gravesham’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 Gravesham’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 Gravesham scheme page

Source: Gravesham Borough 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

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 Gravesham?

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: Guildford, Norfolk, Wigan — see all 141.

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This page is independent. It is not run by Gravesham 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.