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Crisis Payment Scheme (Isles of Scilly Charitable Trusts)

Council of the Isles of Scilly (delivered jointly with the Isles of Scilly Charitable Trust and the Richard Addison Charitable Trust)

Description

The Council of the Isles of Scilly's replacement for the Household Support Fund (which ended nationally on 31 March 2026) is structurally different from a typical council's Crisis and Resilience Fund: rather than administering payments directly, the council funds a joint Crisis Payment scheme delivered by two independent local charities, the Isles of Scilly Charitable Trust (for applicants under 60) and the Richard Addison Charitable Trust (for applicants 60 and over), sharing a single application form. Support addresses financial shocks from disasters, accidents, health emergencies, relationship breakdown, essential item failure, or unexpected income loss.

Amount

Up to £350 per application for households with children, a pensioner, or a disabled person; up to £250 for other households (maximum two payments per household per year)

Deadline

Rolling / no fixed deadline

Eligibility summary

  • Available in: England.
  • Open to individuals — not restricted to businesses.
  • Relevant income bands: earning under the Personal Allowance, basic rate taxpayers.
Notes
Maximum two payments per household per year. Adult Social Care and Children's Services teams can submit an application on a resident's behalf. Re-verified 2026-09-28 via a direct fetch of the council's newer 'Crisis and Resilience Fund and other hardship support' page (scilly.gov.uk/community-safety/crisis-and-resilience-fund-and-other-hardship-support), which explicitly states 'this fund replaces the previous Household Support Fund' and confirms the same £350/£250 payment tiers and two-payments-per-year cap recorded here — unchanged.
Requirement
Isles of Scilly resident who either (a) has at least one household member on a means-tested benefit with combined savings/investments under £10,000, or (b) has combined household net income under £31,000 with combined savings/investments under £10,000. Applications outside these criteria may still be considered with a written explanation of insufficient resources.

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How to apply

Submit the shared application form via the Council of the Isles of Scilly's Charitable Trusts webpage, or ask Adult Social Care/Children's Services to apply on your behalf.

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Other areas' version of this scheme

Crisis Payment Scheme (Isles of Scilly Charitable Trusts) is run locally — here's the same scheme in other areas.

Grant

Crisis Payment Scheme (Bracknell Forest)

Bracknell Forest Council

Bracknell Forest Council's local crisis payment scheme, funded through the Crisis and Resilience Fund and replacing the Household Support Fund which ended 31 March 2026. Provides short-term, one-off support in an emergency when family, friends, charities, or insurance cannot help, covering food, energy, and water costs and other essential emergency expenses.

Indicative: around £250 (single person) to £500 (family with dependent children), decided case-by-caseRolling / no fixed deadlineEnglandBracknell Forest Council

Last verified: 28 September 2026. See the footer disclaimer — this is general information, not financial or tax advice.