Platform Wellbeing Fund

 

Our Wellbeing Fund offers customers the opportunity to apply for funding if you are struggling to manage your household bills during these difficult and challenging times.

The fund can help cover the cost of food, essential items such as school uniforms, energy and utility costs, as well as helping to bridge the gap between a benefit application and receiving first payment. You can find out more in the drop-down sections below.

As you can appreciate, due to the current cost of living crisis, many people and families are struggling, which has resulted in a huge rise in customers seeking help from our Wellbeing Fund and submitting online applications.

It may, therefore, take us a lot longer than normal to get back to you when you make an initial application to the Fund. Please bear with us as our colleagues are working as quickly as they can to review and progress applications.

Applying for Wellbeing Funding

You can apply for Wellbeing Funding by completing the application form in the ‘Wellbeing Fund Online Application Form’ drop-down section below.

Urgent support

If you are in urgent need, your local food bank may be able to help you. The Trussell Trust run a large number of foodbanks across the country. You can find out where your closest local food bank is here.

The Citizens Advice also offer guidance, along with signposting to other organisations who can help.

You can also find out more in our dedicated ‘cost of living’ area on this website.

Should you be feeling distressed and urgently need to talk to someone in confidence, please call the Samaritans for free from any phone on 116 123. They are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

If you are concerned about someone else, please encourage them to do the same or report your concerns to your local authority safeguarding team.