Financial support available to residents

Cost of living support

You can find out more about what you may be eligible for and other support available on the cost of living hub.

Household Support Fund

Local councils have been given funding to support vulnerable households. More information is available on our Household Support Fund pages.

Pension credit

If you are of state pension age you may be eligible for pension credit. You can check your eligibility quickly and easily online, and it could be worth up to £3,500 a year. Claiming pension credit can make you eligible for other help, including housing benefit (if you rent your home), support for mortgage interest (if you own your home), cost of living payments, a free TV licence and a council tax discount.

Further support

We will update this page with more details on any other schemes when we receive information.

The East Sussex helpline is available to give free and confidential advice on the benefits you can claim. You can call 0333 344 0681 between 9am and 5pm from Monday to Friday or email benefitseastsussex@harcuk.com.

There’s more information about benefits, including for sickness, disability, family situations and universal credit available on East Sussex County Council’s website.

Other support includes:

• East Sussex County Council offer a range of help and support services
• East Sussex County Council discretionary fund
• Citizens Advice Hastings
• Brighton Housing Trust
• Southern Water support for bills
• Government Help for Households campaign
• Ofcom social broadband and phone
• 02 Databank
• Good Things Foundation national databank

If you need somewhere warm, you can find a map of warm spaces across Hastings and East Sussex through the Warm Welcome website.