Chancellor’s Spring Statement: Aid Sustained for Needy Households

Announcement by Chancellor Rishi Sunak, confirms £500m Household Support Funding for Local Authorities to help vulnerable families.

The funding, which begins this April, will help ease financial pressures on residents – providing short term help with food, fuel bills and other urgent essentials as families continue to struggle with the energy prices and other costs of living.

Over the past winter period, Charis has been proud to work with dozens of local authorities to get critical food, fuel and cash vouchers to those needing urgent support. Since November, we have delivered circa 15,000 vouchers directly to individuals on behalf of public bodies throughout the UK.

Via our unique online platform, we have facilitate the staff of councils, unitary authorities, districts and boroughs to quickly access and deliver help to local people with the click of a button.

With the funding announced today, we hope that we can continue collaboration with our existing Local Authority partners, and broaden the range of organisations we support as they develop their strategies for delivering household essentials effectively and efficiently.

If you would like to find out more about how Charis can work with your organisation to effectively deliver the Household Support Fund, please visit here and get in touch today.

How does it work?

Charis provides a 24/7 voucher delivery platform to our partners as they provide immediate support to their customers needing immediate support. White goods and furniture can also be provided and registration is free, quick and easy. Find out more.

If you are interested to know how Charis can help your organisation deliver emergency voucher support, let us know and one of our friendly team will get in touch.

About Charis

Charis was launched in 2003 – with a simple purpose to support those in hardship.

We have come a long way since then and are now the go-to administrator for many essential funds and grants on behalf of major organisations, authorities and charities. Each year we process over 200,000 applications and provide over £50 million worth of support to vulnerable individuals.

We are proud of the positive outcomes we make in people’s lives. As a family owned organisation that has been supporting vulnerable customers and households for nearly two decades we understand the challenges that families across Britain face. And we also understand the challenge that national and local charities and authorities face in getting help to people, when they need it.