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HOUSEHOLDS IN BIRMINGHAM WILL SOON BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR SUPPORT WORTH £200, WITH APPLICATIONS OPENING IN JUNE. 07:34, 31 May 2025 UK households can apply for £200 cost of living cash in
DAYS. Thanks to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Household Support Fund, from the Labour Party government, households in Birmingham will soon be able to apply for support worth
£200, with applications opening in June. BVSC, which is administering the payments, says: "Please be advised that enquiries will reopen in June 2025. If you are not currently on the
waiting list, and it has now been 12 months since your household last received a grant payment, you will be able to submit a new enquiry once the scheme reopens in June 2025." It adds:
"Please be advised that the Hardship Grant Community Fund scheme is now closed to new enquiries. READ MORE UK SET TO SIZZLE IN 'GLORIOUS' 27C MINI-HEATWAVE WITH 33 COUNTIES IN
ENGLAND HIT "If you have already completed the enquiry form, and you have received an email confirming it has been Approved, you will have secured your place on the waiting list. You
will be contacted by a member of the HSF team, within the next 6-8 weeks, to complete your full application. Article continues below "Please be patient whilst the team work through the
waiting list. Additionally, please ensure that you have your voicemail turned on, so the team can leave you a message if you miss your call, and that your phone accepts calls from
withheld/private numbers. "Please note that completing the enquiry form does not mean that you are automatically entitled to receive a grant payment. Your eligibility will be checked
during the application process and you may be required to submit further documents, to verify the details you have supplied as part of your application, before any grant payment is
made." BVSC will be distributing grants of up to £200 to eligible Birmingham households, currently facing financial hardship, with the funds intended to help households with food costs
and energy payments. Article continues below You must be a Birmingham Resident and you must be able to demonstrate that your household is experiencing financial hardship, and in particular
covering food and energy costs. Your household must not have received a £200 grant payment in the last 12 months.