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Northumberland: Household Support Fund & Crisis and Resilience Fund

What Northumberland’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

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

What Northumberland’s scheme covers

Covers: Essential costs — food, energy, water, heating oil, sanitary products, warm clothing and blankets, white goods, bills, transport and housing; plus preventative help such as energy advice, boiler repairs, warm spaces and food pantries
Status: Active (confirmed 10 September 2026)
Funding period: 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2029
Government allocation: £5,080,534 for 2026-27

Before you apply

Use the right route. Apply online, call 01670 620 015 (Mon to Thu 8:30am-5pm, Fri 8:30am-4:30pm), or apply through a community group or social worker
Check it is still open. Active We confirmed this on 10 September 2026.

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

Quoted from Northumberland’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 Northumberland’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 Northumberland scheme page

Source: Northumberland County 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

DWP phone numbers — which line to call, and for what.
Borrowing while on benefits — what it costs and what it does to your award.
Crisis Loans — what replaced them, and where to apply now.
Help with energy bills — grants and supplier schemes.

Not in Northumberland?

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: Norwich, Stockport, Cornwall — see all 141.

Find your council by postcode

Not in Northumberland? Enter a postcode and we will point you at the right council’s Crisis and Resilience Fund page.

We look the postcode up with the free postcodes.io service to find your local authority. Nothing you type is stored.

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