Food Voucher scheme for vulnerable Eastleigh residents launched
Pensioners and vulnerable households can qualify for the scheme
Eastleigh Borough Council are relaunching a Food Voucher Scheme to help households with their food bills.
The scheme is for vulnerable households and pensioners in the borough and forms part of the extended Household Support Fund.
The food vouchers can be used in supermarkets to help with the rising cost of living, freeing up money for other bills.
Letters will be sent direct in the post to eligible households with instructions on how to access and use the voucher.
The vouchers will be issued directly to the following eligible recipients in March 2025.
Vouchers worth £20 will be issued to households receiving both Council Tax Support and Housing Benefit
Vouchers worth £40.00 will be issued to households receiving Housing Benefit only
The vouchers will be made available in the following two ways: Working age recipients will receive a letter with a QR code to claim the voucher online (an offline option can be made available in certain circumstances)
Pensionable age recipients will receive a physical voucher. The nearest supermarket has been pre-selected, prior to issue, based on postcode (recipients in previous voucher rounds will have the same supermarket allocated as before)
Distribution and enquiries about the allocated vouchers have been contracted out to Wonde Ltd.
Email: [email protected] Help Centre
- Any leftover or returned vouchers will be given to the Eastleigh pantry for their use.
- The scheme has been made possible by the Household Support Fund.
- It was recently extended by the Government and has been administered locally by Hampshire County Council under their connect4communities framework.
- The scheme also has a discretionary fund allocated to schools, colleges, and early years settings to enable them to provide direct support for necessities for families that are most in need.