We are working with Devon County Council to distribute grants from the Household Support Fund allocated by central government.

Funding is available for formal and informal community groups working with households who find it difficult to access support elsewhere. The funding is aimed at alleviating immediate needs and helping those who are struggling to afford food, energy bills, and other related essentials.

This is a targeted programme acknowledging that some members of our community are under-served by other support programmes and are therefore likely to be impacted more severely by the cost of living crisis. We are therefore inviting applications from organisations whose work supports priority groups who are not accessing support through other channels. These priority groups are:

• Minority ethnic communities and/or
• Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities and/or
• People experiencing homelessness and those in temporary or insecure housing and/or
• Households which include people with a disability, or those suffering ill-health which has a direct impact on household income and an ability to meet food and energy bills.