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Get Help with Food, Gas, Electric and Water

Published Thursday 2 November, 2023
Last updated on Thursday 22 February, 2024

Household Support Fund

You may be eligible for help with your food and the cost of utilities through the Household Support Fund.

Funded by UK Government, the scheme is for those most in need of support to help with significantly rising living costs.

Swale Borough Council will be working with local organisations to deliver support with food and fuel provision through a network of established agencies within the Borough.

Who can we help

To be eligible, you must:

Be a Swale resident
Be Aged over 16 or as part of a household application
Be at risk because you do not have access funds to support you
Have less than £500 in your bank account

What you’ll get

Food parcel
Fuel vouchers for pre-paid meters
Vouchers for billed utility accounts
Information and guidance

How to apply

Information about how to apply for help with food or fuel.

Apply for help with food

For access to emergency food provision in the form of a food parcel, please contact the food bank in your area:

Sheerness (Family Food Bank), email hsf@children-families.org or call 01795 889233
Sittingbourne (Swale Food Bank), email info@swale.foodbank.org.uk or call 07486 370709
Multicultural (Diversity House), email info@diversityhouse.org.uk or call 01795 420455

Other food support in Faversham

Faversham (West Faversham Community Association), email support@westfavershamca.org or call 01795 537321
Faversham Foodbank email info@faversham.foodbank.org.uk or call 07938720604

Apply for help with fuel

For support with a pre-paid gas or electricity meter vouchers (in line with the Fuel Bank Foundation criteria):

For support for those who are on billed utility accounts Household Support Fund (children-families.org). This service can provide you with a one-off virtual prepaid card, which is to be used to pay your utility provider only.