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Mansfield: Household Support Fund & Crisis and Resilience Fund

What Mansfield’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

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

What Mansfield’s scheme covers

Award: Provides limited short-term help toward a rent shortfall; no fixed amount published
Who qualifies: Must already receive Housing Benefit or Universal Credit with housing costs towards rental liability
How to apply: Apply online via the 'Application - Housing Payment (CRF)' form, or call for help completing it
Not covered: Cannot cover water, meals, fuel or other ineligible service charges included in the rent
Government allocation: £117,288 for 2026-27

Mansfield District Council is one of 7 district councils in Nottinghamshire. 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. Nottinghamshire County Council was allocated £9,394,912 for 2026-27; Mansfield District Council was allocated £117,288 of its own. If what you need is help with food or energy rather than rent, start with the Nottinghamshire scheme.

What Mansfield itself says

Who qualifies. “already receive Housing Benefit or Universal Credit with Housing Costs towards rental liability”
How to apply. “Application – Housing Payment (CRF)”
Not covered. “Water, meals, fuel or other ineligible service charges included in your rent”

Quoted from Mansfield’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 Mansfield’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 Mansfield scheme page

Source: Mansfield District 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

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.
Borrowing while on benefits — what it costs and what it does to your award.

Not in Mansfield?

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: Mid Devon, Sandwell, Burnley — see all 141.

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This page is independent. It is not run by Mansfield District 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.