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Reigate And Banstead: Household Support Fund & Crisis and Resilience Fund

What Reigate And Banstead’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

Reigate & Banstead Borough 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; Reigate And Banstead’s own page (linked below) is the authority and the current position.

What Reigate And Banstead’s scheme covers

Who qualifies: Residents on low incomes experiencing financial hardship or an unexpected financial crisis
How often: Fund runs until 31 March 2029
How to apply: Surrey CC administers Crisis Payments; Reigate & Banstead administers Housing Payments via its own page
Government allocation: £206,468 for 2026-27

Reigate & Banstead Borough Council is one of 11 district councils in Surrey. 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. Surrey County Council was allocated £7,278,801 for 2026-27; Reigate & Banstead Borough Council was allocated £206,468 of its own. If what you need is help with food or energy rather than rent, start with the Surrey scheme.

What Reigate And Banstead itself says

Who qualifies. “residents on low incomes who are experiencing financial hardship or an unexpected financial crisis”
How often. “will run until 31 March 2029”
How to apply. “Reigate & Banstead Borough Council administers Housing Payments”

Quoted from Reigate And Banstead’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 Reigate And Banstead’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 Reigate And Banstead scheme page

Source: Reigate & Banstead Borough 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 Reigate And Banstead?

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: Ribble Valley, Tendring, East Hampshire — see all 141.

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This page is independent. It is not run by Reigate & Banstead Borough 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.