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Nottinghamshire: Household Support Fund & Crisis and Resilience Fund

What Nottinghamshire’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 Nottinghamshire’s scheme covers

What you get

Direct payment, voucher, or provision of goods/services depending on circumstances

Who qualifies

Nottinghamshire resident (excluding Nottingham City), low-income household (max £35,000 total annual household income), 16+, has recourse to public funds

How often

Applications limited to two per household per year

How to apply

Apply via the council's emergency support application fund form

Decision

No fixed timescale; processed as quickly as possible, depending on demand and complexity

You will need

At least two months' bank/savings statements, proof of identity and residency, details of income and household circumstances

Not covered

Will not fund costs already met by other benefits

Government allocation

£9,394,912 for 2026-27

The 4 district councils in Nottinghamshire

In Nottinghamshire 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.

• Ashfield
• Bassetlaw
• Mansfield
• Rushcliffe

What Nottinghamshire itself says

• What you get. “Provision of goods or services”
• Who qualifies. “Be part of a low income household (max. total annual household income of £35,000)”
• How often. “applications limited to two per household per annum”
• How to apply. “You can only apply only via our emergency support application fund form”
• Decision. “We aim to process applications as quickly as possible”
• You will need. “Minimum of two months' bank/savings statements”
• Not covered. “Costs met by other benefits”

Scheme name from Nottinghamshire’s own page↗. Not confirmed: the page did not load for our check on 10 September 2026, so nothing on it is quoted here. The government allocation is from Annex A of the Crisis and Resilience Fund grant determination 2026 to 2027↗.

Apply on Nottinghamshire’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: Nottinghamshire County Council — Crisis and Resilience Fund. Opened 10 September 2026; page did not load, scheme name from the council’s page title.

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

• How much councils pay — 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.
• Crisis Loans — what replaced them, and where to apply now.

Not in Nottinghamshire?

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: Nuneaton And Bedworth, Sunderland, Coventry — see all 141.

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