Get emergency help with food, energy bills and other essentials

About crisis payments

Crisis payments can provide help with:

• buying food and groceries
• paying for gas and electricity if you pay for it by key card or meter
• essential items you need to live in your home such as beds, cookers or fridges
• other support you may need in an emergency  

The fund doesn't provide cash, we'll give you vouchers instead, or find another way to help you access emergency food.

Due to high levels of demand, we may not be able to help every household who applies. We may also need to contact you to provide further evidence to support your application.

Apply for a crisis payment

To qualify for this fund, you must be:

• a resident in Brighton & Hove or have been placed in accommodation by Brighton & Hove City Council

• in receipt of, or have underlying entitlement to a DWP benefit or Housing Benefit or Council Tax Reduction (Council Tax exemptions or discounts do not apply)

   

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