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Sign this petition to save vital funding for families

In response to the cost-of-living crisis, the government launched the Household Support Fund (HSF) in late 2021. This funding is due to stop at the end of March 2024 and the council is urging the government to extend the funding.

HSF allows us to support families and individuals who desperately need financial help.

How HSF has helped households in Ealing

This winter, the council has used £5.3million of HSF money to:

• provide holiday food vouchers to 17,000 households – including 14,400 households with school age children and 1,200 households with children under 5
• provide food vouchers for 339 young people experiencing care
• provide food vouchers to 2,250 households receiving council tax relief or housing benefit
• provide food vouchers to 2,200 households who receive care at home
• give £200,000 to local charities to provide advice and support
• pay £300,000 in one-off payments to help residents with essential purchases.

If the government axes the HSF, then these services will simply stop because the council will not be able to make up the funding.

In his latest leader's notes, Councillor Peter Mason said: "We, at Ealing Council, are urging the government to extend the HSF so that we can continue to provide food, warm spaces, and one-off payments for essential items for residents, and so that we can also continue to support local charities providing vital services to residents struggling with the cost-of-living crisis."

Sign the petition now!

Help save this lifeline by signing the petition that will go to government.

If this support is stopped, there will likely be even more demand on our services.