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Kirklees: Household Support Fund & Crisis and Resilience Fund

What Kirklees’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

What Kirklees’s scheme covers

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Covers

Food and fuel costs; essential household appliances and furniture; clothing, including warm winter clothing and shoes; essential transport; and other essential living costs

Status

Active and accepting applications (confirmed 10 September 2026)

Funding period

Launched 1 April 2026 (replaced the Household Support Fund)

Who qualifies

Kirklees resident with no other means to meet needs, on a low income or receiving a qualifying benefit (Universal Credit, Housing Benefit, Income Support, JSA, ESA, Guaranteed Pension Credit, Council Tax Support, Child Tax Credit or Working Tax Credit), facing an unexpected financial emergency

Referral needed

No — residents can apply directly

How to apply

Apply online using a simple form (about 10 minutes to complete)

Decision

Decision made as quickly as possible; no fixed turnaround time given

You will need

Information and evidence to support the application (specific documents not itemised)

Government allocation

£7,089,290 for 2026-27

Before you apply

1. Who can apply. Kirklees residents on a low income or receiving benefits such as Universal Credit, Housing Benefit or Council Tax Support, who have had an unexpected financial emergency
2. Use the right route. Apply online via the council's Crisis and Resilience Fund form (about 10 minutes); questions can be emailed to LWP@kirklees.gov.uk
3. Check it is still open. Active and accepting applications We confirmed this on 10 September 2026.

Only what Kirklees states on its own page. Other councils ask for more — see what they have in common.

What Kirklees itself says

• Who qualifies. “Have no available means to meet your needs”
• Referral needed. “Fill in our simple online form”
• How to apply. “Fill in our simple online form”
• Decision. “We aim to make a decision on your application as quickly as possible”
• You will need. “information and evidence you have provided”

Quoted from Kirklees’s own 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 Kirklees’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”.

Source: Kirklees 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

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

Not in Kirklees?

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: Lancashire, Preston, Ashford — see all 141.

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