Energy and heating support

Warm Home Discount: £150 off electricity bills. Household Support Fund: local council grants for energy costs. Energy Company Obligation (ECO4): free insulation upgrades for eligible households.

Priority Services Register: free extra protections from your energy and water supplier including advance outage notice and free gas safety checks.

Food and essentials

Trussell Trust and independent food banks provide food parcels — a referral from Citizens Advice, a GP or social worker is usually needed.

Household Support Fund: supermarket vouchers, food parcels and essential items through local councils. Free school meals for qualifying children. Healthy Start vouchers for low-income families with young children.

Benefits and cash

Universal Credit, Council Tax Reduction, Child Benefit, Carer's Allowance, Pension Credit and many other national benefits may be available. Use entitledto.co.uk to check eligibility for free.

Free prescriptions, dental treatment and NHS sight tests are available for households receiving certain benefits or with incomes below specific thresholds.