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• Winter Fuel Payment
• Cold Weather Payment
• Warm Home Discount Scheme (including for Park Home residents) – see update below.

Warm Home Discount expansion confirmed for winter 2025/2026 – What you need to know

The Government has confirmed that the Warm Home Discount will be expanded for winter 2025/26, helping millions more low-income households in England and Wales with their energy bills.

Here’s what you need to know:

• To receive the Warm Home Discount, you need to be on certain means-tested benefits, like Universal Credit or Pension Credit, on 25 August 2025 (the qualifying date for the payment)

• You don’t need to apply – the £150 payment will be made automatically as a discount on your electricity bill, between October 2025 and March 2026.

• You may be able to get the discount on your gas bill instead, provided your supplier supplies both your gas and electricity.

For handy information about the update from Money Saving Expert, visit: Warm Home Discount to be extended – Martin Lewis’ MSE News

Household Support Fund

The Government has extended its Household Support Fund to support vulnerable households in most need of support to help with significantly rising living costs, including help with heating or other home energy costs. We’re waiting to hear from Cornwall Council for funding awarded for winter 2024/25. If you live in Cornwall and are struggling to afford to heat your home, or cannot afford an urgent heating repair or replacement, please contact us.

Find out more about

• Pension Credit
• Council Tax Support
• Housing Benefit
• Personal Independence Payment (PIP)
• Attendance Allowance
• Carer’s Allowance