Thousands of households can apply for £150 supermarket vouchers for weekly shop within days – how to get it

THOUSANDS of households can apply for £150 vouchers to spend in supermarkets on their weekly shop.

Dorset Council has announced it will reopen applications for round four of the Household Support Fund (HSF) for low-income households in the area, on Tuesday, February 6.

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Residents who meet the eligibility criteria will be issued the vouchers within six to eight weeks from when they apply.

The Department for Work and Pensions has funded the government scheme to ensure households are provided support.

Households will be able to apply if they pay council tax to Dorset Council and have an annual household net income of less than £30,000.

Personal Independence Payments such as Disability Living Allowance, Attendance Allowance, Carers Allowance or Child Benefit should not be included when calculating the net income.

Dorset residents also must have savings of less than £16,000 and can’t have applied for a previous HSF payment within the last six months (since August 2023).

Cllr Laura Beddow, Dorset Council Portfolio Holder for Culture, Communities and Customer Services said: “In a continued effort to support low-income households, round four of the Household Support Fund reopens on Tuesday 6 February, offering essential assistance through supermarket vouchers.”

“If you are applying in this window, please make sure you have not applied for a previous HSF payment since August 2023 as further vouchers cannot be issued and there are a very limited number of applications available for this window.

“If you do miss out on this window, another will open on Tuesday, March 6 at 10am.”

Residents can apply online and the vouchers can be spent at several supermarkets.

This post first appeared on thesun.co.uk