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Scottish Sun
9 hours ago
- Business
- Scottish Sun
Hard-up households can apply for food vouchers worth up to £500 now – check if you qualify
Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) SELECT UK households will be eligable for free food vouchers worth up to £500. The financial aid is part of the latest round of a Government scheme, and is designed to help hard-up families. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 1 UK households may be eligibale for up to £500 of food vouchers as part of a Government scheme (stock image) The fund will help residents of Ribble Valley who are deemed eligible, with applications now open. This latest round (HSF7) of the Government's Household Support Fund will see thousands of pounds given to those who need it. Ribble Valley Borough Council has received £158,983 to issue to local residents who meet the funding criteria. Households who need financial help and have a combined household income of less than £35,000 per year can apply for a food voucher. These vouchers will range in value from £200 to £500, depending on circumstances. Nicola Hopkins, the council's director of economic development and planning, spoke about the latest round of the iniative, which is designed to help with the rising cost of living. 'This latest round of funding will provide further much-needed support to local vulnerable residents who are most in need of help with the cost of essentials," she said. The scheme will run while funding is available and vouchers will be distributed on a first-come basis. So if you're a resident of Ribble Valley, check now to see if you qualify for this financial assistance. Only one application can be made per household. Disability benefit explained - what you can claim Priority is being given to new applicants, with households who received a voucher through HSF5 (April 2024-September 2024) only being eligible for HSF7 from October 1. Meanwhile, anyone who received a voucher as part of the HSF6 round (October 2024-March 2025) will not be eligible to apply for this latest round of vouchers. A series of vouchers are available as part of the scheme, depending on your household set-up. Vouchers worth £200 will be alotted to single households, while £300 will be given to households with two or more adults. Household with children, including any person under the age of 19 at the time of the award or a person aged 19 or over who is the subject of a child-related benefit, will receive a voucher worth £500. Cost of living payments: what you need to know HSF was introduced in October 2021 and there have been several rounds of funding since then. In October 2024, the Government announced that HSF would be extended nationwide for a further 12 months, from April 2025. Under HSF6, almost 300 households in Ribble Valley were issued supermarket vouchers totalling nearly £100,000. For further information or to apply for funding visit Help for Households
The Sun
9 hours ago
- Business
- The Sun
Hard-up households can apply for food vouchers worth up to £500 now – check if you qualify
SELECT UK households will be eligable for free food vouchers worth up to £500. The financial aid is part of the latest round of a Government scheme, and is designed to help hard-up families. 1 The fund will help residents of Ribble Valley who are deemed eligible, with applications now open. This latest round (HSF7) of the Government's Household Support Fund will see thousands of pounds given to those who need it. Ribble Valley Borough Council has received £158,983 to issue to local residents who meet the funding criteria. Households who need financial help and have a combined household income of less than £35,000 per year can apply for a food voucher. These vouchers will range in value from £200 to £500, depending on circumstances. Nicola Hopkins, the council's director of economic development and planning, spoke about the latest round of the iniative, which is designed to help with the rising cost of living. 'This latest round of funding will provide further much-needed support to local vulnerable residents who are most in need of help with the cost of essentials," she said. The scheme will run while funding is available and vouchers will be distributed on a first-come basis. So if you're a resident of Ribble Valley, check now to see if you qualify for this financial assistance. Only one application can be made per household. Priority is being given to new applicants, with households who received a voucher through HSF5 (April 2024-September 2024) only being eligible for HSF7 from October 1. Meanwhile, anyone who received a voucher as part of the HSF6 round (October 2024-March 2025) will not be eligible to apply for this latest round of vouchers. A series of vouchers are available as part of the scheme, depending on your household set-up. Vouchers worth £200 will be alotted to single households, while £300 will be given to households with two or more adults. Household with children, including any person under the age of 19 at the time of the award or a person aged 19 or over who is the subject of a child-related benefit, will receive a voucher worth £500. Cost of living payments: what you need to know HSF was introduced in October 2021 and there have been several rounds of funding since then. In October 2024, the Government announced that HSF would be extended nationwide for a further 12 months, from April 2025. Under HSF6, almost 300 households in Ribble Valley were issued supermarket vouchers totalling nearly £100,000.
Daily Mirror
12 hours ago
- Business
- Daily Mirror
UK households can apply for new £500 cost of living voucher
It is down to each local council to decide how it uses this money to help residents - but usually, the support on offer is either vouchers or cash grants that don't need to be paid back Struggling households are being urged to apply for cost of living vouchers worth up to £500 this summer. The help is being distributed by Ribble Valley Borough Council as part of the Household Support Fund. The Household Support Fund is a pot of cash awarded to local councils by the central Government. It is down to each local council to decide how it uses this money to help residents - but usually, the support on offer is either vouchers or cash grants that don't need to be paid back. Ribble Valley Borough Council is awarding food vouchers to eligible households that have a combined household income of less than £35,000 per year. You can get a £200 voucher if you live alone, £300 if you live in a households with two or more adults, or £500 for households with children. Get cost of living tips straight to your WhatsApp! As the cost of living crisis continues to burn a hole in people's pockets, the Mirror has launched its very own Money WhatsApp community where you'll get all the latest cost of living advice and money-saving tips straight to your phone. We'll send you the latest breaking updates and exclusives all directly to your phone. Users must download or already have WhatsApp on their phones to join in. All you have to do to join is click on this link, select 'Join Chat' and you're in! We may also send you stories from other titles across the Reach group. We will also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners. If you don't like our community, you can check out any time you like. To leave our community click on the name at the top of your screen and choose Exit group. If you're curious, you can read our Privacy Notice. The application process is live now on and will be available until July 11, 2025, unless the funding runs out before this date. You won't be eligible if you previously received a voucher from the council between October 2024 and March 2025. If you received a voucher from the council between April 2024 to September 2024, then you will only be eligible for further help after October 2025. If you're not a Ribble Valley resident, it is worth checking what support your local council can offer you through the Household Support Fund. For example, City of Doncaster Council is providing help to households that are in receipt of certain benefits, including Housing Benefit, Council Tax Reduction, Universal Credit and free school meals. If you're in a household with one dependent child, you will get a £100 payment for food, while £200 will be paid for two dependent children, and £300 for three dependent children. The council described a dependant child as one you are receiving Child Benefit for. A single payment will be made for energy bills to households that meet the eligibility criteria. Hull City Council is giving £200 to pensioner households. Meanwhile, low income families will get a £40 school uniform grant, as well as food vouchers in school holidays for those eligible for school meals. Hartlepool Borough Council is awarding £100 food vouchers to all households where a child is aged between two and 19 and is eligible for free school meals. Households with pensioners who are in receipt of council tax support will get £100 in bank payments or food vouchers this year.
Yahoo
14-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Ribble Valley Borough Council encourages people to switch to e-billing
Ribble Valley Borough Council has encouraged people to sign up for e-billing for their council tax to "do [their] bit" for the environment. The service, which launched last year, allows residents to access their council tax accounts at any time. Around £4,000 a year so far has been saved in printing and postage costs by people switching to e-billing, with 2,000 people, according to the council, having made the switch so far. Savings will be reinvested in council services, according to a council spokesperson. Mark Edmondson, Ribble Valley Borough Council's head of revenues and benefits, said: "Council Tax Online and Business Rates Online give householders and businesses the convenience of accessing their council tax or business rates accounts at a time that suits them. "It also reduces printing and postage costs, which helps Ribble Valley Borough Council maintain the lowest council tax rate in Lancashire and reduce our carbon footprint, so it's good for the environment, too." The online service allows residents to check their council tax or business rates, sign up for e-billing, and view or download bills. Residents can also notify the council of a change of address, request or cancel a single-person discount, and view or change their contact details. Further information on how to create a Council Tax Online or Business Rates Online account is included with printed bills. Residents can sign up by visiting one's name, account number, and online key (found beneath the account number on the front of the printed council tax or business rates bill) are required.
BBC News
22-03-2025
- General
- BBC News
Married Ribble Valley waste workers retire after three decades
A pair of council waste workers who got married after "locking eyes over a three-tonne pile of asbestos" have retired after a joint total of more than 60 years of public and Alan Boyer found love at Ribble Valley Borough Council in Lancashire and got married in their employment, Mrs Boyer has overseen the authority's biggest increase in recycling while her husband's team has collected more than 2,000 tonnes of pair, who live in in Great Harwood, first met after being called out to a fly-tipping site at Four Lane Ends in Clitheroe. The couple are now calling it a day after 34 and 28 years of "exemplary public service" respectively. "It might not sound romantic, but we locked eyes over a three-tonne pile of asbestos and hit it off straight away," waste management officer Mrs Boyer said."Alan is extremely funny and soon had me laughing out loud. We discovered that we had loads in common."She started working for the council in 1991 as an environmental health technician, before being promoted to waste management officer in Boyer joined the council in 1997 as amenity cleansing supervisor, before being promoted to amenity cleansing and grounds maintenance manager in said: "When I started in this job, there was litter everywhere, but people are more conscious of the environment now and generally tidier, and most take their litter home."Although fly-tipping remains a serious problem and we have had to deal with some terrible tips over the years, everything from aggregate to asbestos, seeing how much tidier the streets now look never fails to give me a sense of pride and achievement." Mrs Boyer said: "Alan and I have worked with some fantastic council colleagues over the years, who we will miss and keep in touch with, but it is time to stop working and start living, and we can't wait to start this next chapter of our lives together."The couple plan to walk, get fit, travel and undertake some voluntary work during their council's chief executive Marshal Scott said: "Officers with this level of knowledge, experience and dedication, are becoming increasingly rare."They know their jobs inside out and back to front and we wish them the very best in their retirement." Listen to the best of BBC Radio Lancashire on BBC Sounds and follow BBC Lancashire on Facebook, X and Instagram and watch BBC North West Tonight on BBC iPlayer.
