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Lancashire: Household Support Fund & Crisis and Resilience Fund
What Lancashire’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
Lancashire County 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; Lancashire’s own page (linked below) is the authority and the current position.
What Lancashire’s scheme covers
Covers: food household items
- Covers
- Urgent needs — food, essential household items and practical support in a sudden money problem, family emergency or loss of home support
- Status
- not stated (confirmed 10 September 2026)
- Funding period
- Runs until 31 March 2029
- Government allocation
- £17,693,881 for 2026-27
Before you apply
- Use the right route. Through your district council's website or phone line; Family Hubs, schools and health visitors can help you make contact
- Check it is still open. not stated We confirmed this on 10 September 2026.
Only what Lancashire states on its own page. Other councils ask for more — see what they have in common.
Quoted from Lancashire’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↗.
The 12 district councils in Lancashire
In Lancashire the county council runs crisis payments, but your district or borough council runs the housing side of the fund — rent shortfalls, a deposit, rent in advance. Each has its own rules, its own application route and its own government allocation.
- Burnley
- Chorley
- Fylde
- Hyndburn
- Lancaster
- Pendle
- Preston
- Ribble Valley
- Rossendale
- South Ribble
- West Lancashire
- Wyre
Apply on Lancashire’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 Lancashire scheme pageSource: Lancashire County 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
- Crisis Loans — what replaced them, and where to apply now.
- 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.
Not in Lancashire?
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: Lancaster, Redditch, Barnsley — see all 141.
Find your council by postcode
Not in Lancashire? Enter a postcode and we will point you at the right council’s Crisis and Resilience Fund page.
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This page is independent. It is not run by Lancashire County 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.