The Household Support Fund (HSF) is funded by the Department for Work and Pensions to help those hardest hit by the cost of living crisis.

For parents with a child under the age of 5 who are struggling to afford essential items, help is available to ease the burden with a one-off emergency payment. For more information contact your health visitor, midwife, local children’s centre, nursery, pre-school or childminder. In addition to this, a number of local organisations are now able to process applications, these include food banks in Ledbury, Hereford and Leominster. To access the full list of organisations/agencies, please visit the Talk Community Directory.

If you run a Talk Community Hub, community group or public space, in Herefordshire, please visit our Community resource page where you can download posters to help spread the word about the Household Support Fund. 

Visit the Herefordshire Council website to find out more about the Household Support Fund.

You can get more information and advice around the Cost of Living on the Money on Your Mind section of the Talk Community website.