How to apply for a grant
Anyone eligible to receive support from the Household Support Fund will be contacted directly.
If you are eligible to receive support as a low-income pensioner household, you should have received an email or letter inviting you to apply and providing you with your unique application code. All invitations were sent by the end of January 2025, and reminder letters were sent at the end of February 2025.
The grant scheme for low-income pensioners has now closed. If you applied before midday on 31 March 2025, you should get an email or text message from eVouchers.com within 10 working days of applying, asking you to choose the supermarket that you want a voucher for.
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 are a low-income pensioner household and you need help with your application, please call 0300 300 8011 and press 2. This is the option for the Business Rates team, who are helping with grant applications. They will need to know your unique application code and your preferred supermarket for your voucher. They will arrange for a voucher to be ordered on your behalf, and then printed and posted to you.
If you haven’t been contacted by eVouchers.com
If you are eligible for support with the cost of food during school holidays and have not received a link to your voucher by the start of the school holidays, please email covid19.freeschoolmeals@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk.
If you are eligible for support as a low-income pensioner household and have not received a link to your voucher within 10 days of applying, please email systemsandcontrols@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.