How to apply for a grant
Anyone eligible to receive support from the Household Support Fund will be contacted directly.
You will receive an email or text message from eVouchers.com asking you to choose the supermarket that you want a voucher for. Within 48 hours of choosing your supermarket, you will be able to download your voucher.
Supermarkets accepting eVouchers.com vouchers
You can choose any of the following supermarkets:
- Asda (in-store and online)
- Aldi (in-store only)
- B & M (in-store only)
- Farmfoods (in-store only)
- Iceland (in-store only)
- Morrisons (in-store only)
- Sainsbury’s (in-store and online)
- Tesco (in-store only)
- Waitrose (in-store and online)
You must use your voucher for groceries. Your voucher cannot be used to buy alcohol, fuel, lottery tickets or tobacco. Most supermarkets will only allow you to use your voucher in-store, not for online shopping. If you want to use your voucher online, please make sure that you choose one of the supermarkets listed as ‘in-store and online’. You cannot change your supermarket choice after your voucher has been requested.
Please use your voucher as soon as you can – we may not be able to re-issue it if you allow it to expire.
Get help with claiming and using your voucher
If you haven’t been contacted by eVouchers.com
If you have not received a link to a voucher by the start of the school holidays, please e-mail covid19.freeschoolmeals@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk.
Be scam aware!
We will not ‘cold-call’ you to apply for funding from the Household Support Fund, and we won’t ask you to give us your bank details.
Find out more about scams and how to spot them
If you are an eligible Council Tax Support and/or Housing Benefit claimant
We contacted all Council Tax Support and Housing Benefit claimants who were eligible for a grant, to invite them to apply. All eligible households were contacted by the end of October 2023 and the application period closes at 4pm on Thursday 28 March 2024.
If you have already successfully applied, you should have received an email or text message from our partner organisation, eVouchers.com, within 10 working days of applying, asking you to choose the supermarket that you want a voucher for. Within 48 hours of choosing your supermarket, you will be able to download your voucher.
Applications are closed.